Sempe Surname
Approximately 4,314 people bear this surname
Sempe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,000 | 1:27,089 | 3,460 |
| Lesotho | 923 | 1:2,202 | 279 |
| France | 410 | 1:162,007 | 25,225 |
| Argentina | 304 | 1:140,603 | 11,911 |
| Cuba | 136 | 1:84,726 | 2,768 |
| DR Congo | 130 | 1:568,304 | 43,658 |
| United States | 77 | 1:4,707,259 | 244,676 |
| Chile | 66 | 1:266,916 | 7,921 |
| Guatemala | 52 | 1:309,282 | 4,542 |
| Indonesia | 52 | 1:2,543,254 | 149,807 |
| Brazil | 42 | 1:5,097,008 | 130,362 |
| Zambia | 33 | 1:480,301 | 21,871 |
| Mexico | 21 | 1:5,910,772 | 31,438 |
| Botswana | 17 | 1:128,643 | 18,229 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Honduras | 7 | 1:1,259,492 | 5,127 |
| Canada | 7 | 1:5,263,656 | 239,735 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Uganda | 3 | 1:13,013,093 | 160,157 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
The alternate forms: Sempé (54) & Sempè (1) are calculated separately.
Sempe (1,043) may also be a first name.
Sempe Demographics
Average Sempe Salary in
United States
$55,397 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sempe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sempe Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sempe (Russian: Сэмпэ) is found most frequently in South Africa. It may also appear in the variant forms: Sempé or Sempè. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sempe? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 107,991st most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 1,689,278 people. Sempe occurs predominantly in Africa, where 72 percent of Sempe reside; 69 percent reside in Southern Africa and 69 percent reside in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 248,067th most frequently occurring forename on earth, borne by 1,043 people.
The surname is most widely held in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,000 people, or 1 in 27,089. In South Africa Sempe is most common in: Free State, where 53 percent reside, Gauteng, where 24 percent reside and North West, where 7 percent reside. Without taking into account South Africa Sempe exists in 30 countries. It also occurs in Lesotho, where 21 percent reside and France, where 10 percent reside.
Sempe Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is principally Presbyterian (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Sempe last name are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 66.67% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Sempe earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 33.93% less than the national average, earning R 157,008 per year; in United States they earn 28.39% more than the national average, earning $55,397 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.28% less than the national average, earning $43,580 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sempe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sempe in the Russian language | ||
| Сэмпэ | sempe | - |
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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 Sempe
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