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 surname Sempeta is held by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Sempeta? popularity and diffusion

Sempeta is the 844,382nd most widely held surname throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 22,423,218 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sempeta reside; 100 percent reside in East Africa and 99 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 710,504th most numerous first name in the world, held by 166 people.

The surname is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is borne by 324 people, or 1 in 142,531. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kajiado County, where 99 percent live, Nairobi County, where 0 percent live and Nakuru County, where 0 percent live. Without taking into account Kenya it occurs in one country. It is also common in Tanzania, where 0 percent live.

Sempeta Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the Sempeta surname is principally 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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