Sempanya Surname
Approximately 93 people bear this surname
Sempanya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zambia | 84 | 1:188,690 | 12,615 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
Sempanya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sempanya Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sempanya occurs more in Zambia more than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sempanya? popularity and diffusion
Sempanya is the 1,931,261st most numerous surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 78,360,709 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sempanya reside; 100 percent reside in Southern Africa and 100 percent reside in South Bantu Africa.
The last name is most commonly used in Zambia, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 188,690. In Zambia it is most frequent in: North-Western Province, where 98 percent live and Copperbelt Province, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Zambia this last name occurs in one country. It is also found in Zimbabwe, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saempanya | 94 | 1 | / |
| Simpanya | 88 | 104 | / |
| Senpanya | 88 | 28 | / |
| Saenpanya | 82 | 1,239 | / |
| Seanpanya | 82 | 6 | / |
| Shimpanya | 82 | 6 | / |
| Ssempenya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Ssempanja | 82 | 1 | / |
| Shampanya | 82 | 1 | / |
| Sevanya | 80 | 132 | / |
| Sebanya | 80 | 3 | / |
| Smpania | 80 | 1 | / |
| Sonpanya | 75 | 1,098 | / |
| Sanpanya | 75 | 65 | / |
| Smpanias | 75 | 17 | / |
| Sinpanya | 75 | 15 | / |
| Sebainya | 75 | 1 | / |
| Senpanja | 75 | 1 | / |
| Sanphanya | 71 | 15 | / |
| Sevanaaya | 71 | 2 | / |
| Shampania | 71 | 2 | / |
| Svanya | 71 | 1 | / |
| Shampanja | 71 | 1 | / |
| Chimphanya | 67 | 105 | / |
| Sebanja | 67 | 64 | / |
| Sebanyo | 67 | 29 | / |
| Zevanya | 67 | 17 | / |
| Sibanya | 67 | 7 | / |
| Sebania | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sevania | 67 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Sempanya
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