Sempers Surname

1,755,741st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 109 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Northern Ireland

Sempers Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sempers Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England951:586,50635,379
Northern Ireland71:263,57711,625
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England521:468,75726,382
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Sempers Last Name Facts

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

Sempers is found most frequently in England. It may also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sempers? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,755,741st most widespread last name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 66,858,219 people. The surname Sempers occurs predominantly in Europe, where 96 percent of Sempers are found; 96 percent are found in Northern Europe and 96 percent are found in British Isles.

It is most frequently occurring in England, where it is held by 95 people, or 1 in 586,506. In England it is primarily concentrated in: Lincolnshire, where 22 percent are found, North Yorkshire, where 22 percent are found and West Yorkshire, where 17 percent are found. Without taking into account England this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Northern Ireland, where 6 percent are found and The United States, where 3 percent are found.

Sempers Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Sempers has changed through the years. In England the share of the population with the last name rose 183 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it contracted 62 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Shempers931/
Schempers88155/
Sampers86618/
Simpers86401/
Sompers860/
Sximpers801/
Shampers801/
Severs773,763/
Sebers77167/
Schampers75444/
Schimpers7516/
Sievers7128,498/
Siebers713,650/
Seevers712,582/
Seavers711,163/
Seivers71617/
Seibers71250/
Seubers71161/
Scevers7187/
Seebers7135/
Seabers7127/
Senpars7120/
Shevers7115/
Sanpers715/
Seversh711/
Sinpers711/
Shbeers711/
Shveers711/
Sampors711/
Sebiers711/
Cenpers711/
Sevears711/
Seveers710/
Schevers67577/
Sheevers6717/
Samphors6711/
Sbers672/
Sieberst671/
Sheavers671/
Seaverss671/
Sheyvers671/
Sievhers671/
Schebers670/

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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 Sempers
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis