Sempels Surname

352,108th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,035 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Sempels Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sempels Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium1,0021:11,4741,690
South Africa91:6,019,745157,966
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
United States41:90,614,7331,198,479
England31:18,572,686338,250
France31:22,140,907385,998
China21:683,660,78330,601
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Sempels Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sempels Come From? nationality or country of origin

Sempels (Russian: Семпелс) is held by more people in Belgium than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sempels? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 352,108th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by around 1 in 7,041,107 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 98 percent of Sempels live; 97 percent live in Western Europe and 80 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname Sempels is most frequent in Belgium, where it is held by 1,002 people, or 1 in 11,474. In Belgium Sempels is most common in: Flemish Region, where 82 percent reside, Walloon Region, where 13 percent reside and Brussels Capital Region, where 5 percent reside. Aside from Belgium this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also found in South Africa, where 1 percent reside and Canada, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sempelsz9316/
Sempls921/
Sampels86136/
Simpels8656/
Sompels8617/
Semples866/
Seamples808/
Shemples801/
Sebels775/
Sampls773/
Smples773/
Samples7111,787/
Siebels711,944/
Simples71212/
Seibels7193/
Seybels7117/
Gimpels7111/
Símples711/
Shebels710/
Seebels710/
Somples710/
Sebiels710/
Seabels710/
Seebles710/
Sheibels6733/
Simpless671/
Simplest671/
Shiebels671/
Shenples670/

Sempels Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sempels in the Russian language
Семпелсsempels-

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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
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  • 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 Sempels
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