Sempeta Surname

844,382nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 325 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Kenya
Highest density in:
Kenya

Sempeta Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sempeta Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Kenya3241:142,53111,485
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Sempeta (166) may also be a first name.

Sempeta Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sempeta is held by more people in Kenya than any other country or territory. It may also occur in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sempeta? popularity and diffusion

Sempeta is the 844,382nd most widespread surname on earth, held by approximately 1 in 22,423,218 people. This surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sempeta live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 99 percent live in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Sempeta is also the 710,504th most frequently held forename at a global level It is held by 166 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is borne by 324 people, or 1 in 142,531. In Kenya Sempeta is mostly concentrated in: Kajiado County, where 99 percent live, Nairobi County, where 0 percent live and Nakuru County, where 0 percent live. Not including Kenya this surname is found in one country. It is also found in Tanzania, where 0 percent live.

Sempeta Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Sempeta last name is chiefly Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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 Sempeta
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