Semper Surname

99,794th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,739 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Montserrat

Semper Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de St. Pierre,' from some Norman chapelry of that name; compare St. John, Semple, Sinclair.

'In an Inquisition post mortem taken at Chester, 1428, Urian le Seint pierre took oath': Earwaker's East Cheshire.

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Semper Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8521:425,42136,806
Germany6491:124,04515,151
Ecuador5131:31,0063,749
Austria3461:24,6113,868
Spain3441:135,90710,250
England2871:194,14017,123
Argentina2711:157,72513,300
France2101:316,29948,089
Trinidad and Tobago2001:6,8201,026
Philippines1431:707,96071,677
Poland1301:292,37535,141
Canada1071:344,35131,229
Uruguay971:35,3794,109
Croatia851:49,7489,571
Antigua and Barbuda821:1,209212
Brazil631:3,398,00596,455
Cuba501:230,4544,614
Italy431:1,422,24979,532
Papua New Guinea281:291,20439,406
Estonia271:48,9569,235
Indonesia271:4,898,118234,077
Chile261:677,55715,745
United States Virgin Islands221:5,017770
Netherlands181:938,17663,634
Montserrat161:30960
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Russia121:12,010,255361,204
Scotland91:594,86921,724
Saint Lucia91:19,8651,494
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Panama41:978,06412,245
Denmark31:1,881,57267,227
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Venezuela31:10,068,02660,591
China31:455,773,85521,925
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines31:37,5531,173
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Slovakia21:2,668,225118,680
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Azerbaijan11:9,649,12247,873
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Saint Kitts and Nevis11:55,1991,294
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546
Kosovo11:1,861,86914,990
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Jamaica11:2,869,94713,896
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1491:163,59314,057
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:1,569,33483,036

The alternate forms: Šemper (120) & Sémper (3) are calculated separately.

Semper (80) may also be a first name.

Semper Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'de St. Pierre,' from some Norman chapelry of that name; compare St. John, Semple, Sinclair.

'In an Inquisition post mortem taken at Chester, 1428, Urian le Seint pierre took oath': Earwaker's East Cheshire.

Agnes Seynpere. Calendarium Inquisitionum Post Mortem.

Robert de Seyntpere, c. 1300. Writs of Parliament.

Brian de St. Petro, Salop, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

This surname is derived from a geographical locality. 'of St. Pierre,' probably a chapelry in Normandy; compare Sinclair, Simple, Sellinger, &c.

Urian de St. Petro, Salop, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

Nicholas de Seyntpiere, Close Rolls, 19 Edward II.

Thomas le de Seintepier, Cheshire, 1383: East Cheshire.

David le de Seintepier, Cheshire, 1383: ibid.

Richard Semper, alias Sentpyer, Close Rolls, 1-2 Philip and Mary.

1613. Buried —Owen Sempeer: St Antholin (London).

1628. Married — John Semues and Margret Simper: St. Mary Aldermary (London).

A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

(Anglo-French-Latin-Greek) belonging to St. Pierre (an exceedingly common French eccles. place-name) [v. Pier, Peter] Sempeer is found in England in the early 17th cent., Seintepier and Seyntpiere in the 14th; the mediæval Latinization being de Sancto Petro.

Cp. Samper, which is a present-day French surname.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(English) One who came from St. Pierre (rock), the name of many places in France.

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Semper Last Name Facts

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

The last name Semper (Marathi: सेमपर, Russian: Семпер) occurs more in The United States more than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Šemper or Sémper. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Semper? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 99,794th most common last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,537,781 people. The surname Semper is mostly found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Semper are found; 26 percent are found in Western Europe and 21 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Semper is also the 1,075,395th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 80 people.

This surname is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 852 people, or 1 in 425,421. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: New York, where 22 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Without taking into account The United States it exists in 64 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 14 percent reside and Ecuador, where 11 percent reside.

Semper Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Semper has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Semper surname expanded 2,663 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it expanded 193 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Semper Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Semper surname are 10.47% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.7% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Semper earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 182.57% more than the national average, earning R 671,484 per year; in United States they earn 3.85% more than the national average, earning $44,812 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.91% more than the national average, earning $53,614 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Šemper94120/
Sémper943/
Sempere928,354/
Sempert92532/
Shemper92144/
Sempier92118/
Scemper9214/
Sempher927/
Sempfer926/
Sempeur924/
Saemper921/
Semperr921/
Szemper921/
Suemper920/
Sempe914,314/
Schemper86346/
Semphere86340/
Shempert86161/
Seimpere8694/
Shempere864/
Shemperd860/
Samper8312,483/
Simper832,218/
Sempre83664/
Sempey83223/
Cemper83181/
Zemper8384/
Somper8354/
Sempie8352/
Semppe8348/
Gemper8323/
Seempe8316/
Sempet8315/
Shempe8310/
Sempir837/
Senper837/
Semphe837/
Sümper836/
Ssempe832/
Sempei832/
Jemper831/
Sempez831/
Schempert801/
Schiemper801/
Ssempeere801/
Schoemper801/
Sampeur77923/
Simpere77447/
Shomper77409/
Sampier77336/
Simpher77169/
Siempre77159/
Sampear77100/
Szamper7775/
Sampeer7759/
Shamper7751/
Simpier7744/
Jempfer7740/
Sampher7736/
Gempper7734/
Sympher7726/
Gempfer7717/
Setempe7713/
Djemper774/
Senpere774/
Sempeph773/
Symperr772/
Simpert772/
Schempe772/
Sempére771/
Soimper771/
Sempire771/
Sempyrz771/
Sempère771/
Cempere771/
Sompier771/
Scempeh771/
Sompher771/
Zempier771/
Chemper771/
Cempher770/
Chisempere751/
Sever7345,521/
Sempa733,248/
Seber733,065/
Simpe73303/
Sempi73143/
Sempé7354/
Cempe7352/
Sempy733/
Smpre732/
Sbeer732/
Senpe732/
Sempè731/
Sympe731/
Chisemphere711,386/
Schimper71438/
Schamper71415/
Samphier71145/
Schomper7160/
Semphire7122/
Saimpert7120/
Seinpere7117/
Schempre719/
Chisempe716/
Sempaire712/
Samphear711/
Sheimpee711/
Senphere711/
Jeampert711/
Seimpère711/
Gempfere711/
Shampier710/
Cempfert710/
Shampeer710/
Sieber6726,948/
Seeber678,040/
Seaver675,052/
Seiber672,680/
Ssempa672,200/
Sebert672,090/
Siever671,453/
Sempio671,365/
Simpeh671,012/
Seever67775/
Shbeer67486/
Seiver67468/
Shever67373/
Simpey67355/
Sempay67295/
Sampir67281/
Sheber67236/
Seaber67226/
Sebere67219/
Cimper67179/
Semphi67115/
Chempe67109/
Sempui67100/
Shimpe6790/
Schampier6786/
Simpir6783/
Zimper6777/
Zomper6772/
Zamper6771/
Cemperová6770/
Sampyr6756/
Sanper6747/
Simperová6743/
Sebeer6741/
Sejber6736/
Simpre6734/
Gimper6730/
Sempoi6725/
Senpir6722/
Sjever6722/
Simpie6721/
Simpei6719/
Sempha6717/
Cemped6713/
Sempih6713/
Cempre6713/
Sempai6712/
Sceber6712/
Szeber6711/
Jimper6711/
Genper6711/
Šamper6711/
Šempet6711/
Sbeerh6711/
Sebear6710/
Seuber679/
Seïver679/
Seyver677/
Seveir677/
Sempoy677/
Sebier677/
Sempit676/
Sibeer676/
Sempaj675/
Seyber674/
Seveer674/
Shempa674/
Sympes674/
Simpee673/
Seempa673/
Senpet673/
Seebär672/
Senpei672/
Semppa672/
Sebeir672/
Cenper671/
Shempi671/
Sympre671/
Zempfe671/
Siveer671/
Senpie671/
Sebeur671/
Sinper671/
Shveer671/
Siempa671/
Simperova671/
Simpes671/
Ssempujje671/
Ssimpe671/
Sempaa671/
Sembpa671/
Seimpi671/
Zemphe671/
Semmpa671/
Chemphetr671/
Sevear670/
Seberd670/
Scever670/
Zenper670/
Severh670/
Jempre670/

Semper Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Semper in the Marathi language
सेमपरsemapara-
Semper in the Russian language
Семперsemper-

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