Semper Surname
Approximately 4,739 people bear this surname
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.
Read More About This SurnameSemper Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 852 | 1:425,421 | 36,806 |
| Germany | 649 | 1:124,045 | 15,151 |
| Ecuador | 513 | 1:31,006 | 3,749 |
| Austria | 346 | 1:24,611 | 3,868 |
| Spain | 344 | 1:135,907 | 10,250 |
| England | 287 | 1:194,140 | 17,123 |
| Argentina | 271 | 1:157,725 | 13,300 |
| France | 210 | 1:316,299 | 48,089 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 200 | 1:6,820 | 1,026 |
| Philippines | 143 | 1:707,960 | 71,677 |
| Poland | 130 | 1:292,375 | 35,141 |
| Canada | 107 | 1:344,351 | 31,229 |
| Uruguay | 97 | 1:35,379 | 4,109 |
| Croatia | 85 | 1:49,748 | 9,571 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 82 | 1:1,209 | 212 |
| Brazil | 63 | 1:3,398,005 | 96,455 |
| Cuba | 50 | 1:230,454 | 4,614 |
| Italy | 43 | 1:1,422,249 | 79,532 |
| Papua New Guinea | 28 | 1:291,204 | 39,406 |
| Estonia | 27 | 1:48,956 | 9,235 |
| Indonesia | 27 | 1:4,898,118 | 234,077 |
| Chile | 26 | 1:677,557 | 15,745 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 22 | 1:5,017 | 770 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Montserrat | 16 | 1:309 | 60 |
| South Africa | 13 | 1:4,167,516 | 132,322 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Scotland | 9 | 1:594,869 | 21,724 |
| Saint Lucia | 9 | 1:19,865 | 1,494 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Panama | 4 | 1:978,064 | 12,245 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Costa Rica | 3 | 1:1,593,356 | 8,177 |
| Venezuela | 3 | 1:10,068,026 | 60,591 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 3 | 1:37,553 | 1,173 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 149 | 1:163,593 | 14,057 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 32 | 1:1,569,334 | 83,036 |
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.
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).
(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.
(English) One who came from St. Pierre (rock), the name of many places in France.
Semper Demographics
Average Semper Salary in
United States
$44,812 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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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) is most common in The United States. It can also be found as a variant: Šemper or Sémper. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Semper? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 99,794th most frequently used last name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,537,781 people. The surname Semper occurs mostly 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 numerous first name at a global level, held by 80 people.
The surname is most frequent in The United States, where it is held by 852 people, or 1 in 425,421. In The United States Semper is most common in: New York, where 22 percent reside, Texas, where 10 percent reside and Florida, where 9 percent reside. Apart from The United States it is found 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 prevalency of Semper has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Semper last name grew 2,663 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 193 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Semper Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Semper are 10.47% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.7% registered with the 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
Semper Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Semper in the Marathi language | ||
| सेमपर | semapara | - |
| Semper in the Russian language | ||
| Семпер | semper | - |
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