Sempson Surname

2,746,821st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 50 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Canada

Sempson Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sempson Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States321:11,326,842445,236
Canada61:6,140,932260,641
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Russia41:36,030,764577,589
Jordan11:8,842,43726,010
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland11:4,429,86640,727
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England91:2,708,37473,770
Wales31:522,80514,314
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States351:1,434,82077,606

Sempson (18) may also be a first name.

Sempson Last Name Facts

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

The last name Sempson (Russian: Сэмпсон) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sempson? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,746,821st most widely held surname worldwide, borne by around 1 in 145,750,918 people. The last name Sempson occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 76 percent of Sempson live; 76 percent live in North America and 76 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,608,198th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 18 people.

Sempson is most widespread in The United States, where it is borne by 32 people, or 1 in 11,326,842. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: California, where 72 percent live, Colorado, where 22 percent live and Alabama, where 3 percent live. Apart from The United States it exists in 7 countries. It is also found in Canada, where 12 percent live and Nigeria, where 8 percent live.

Sempson Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Sempson has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Sempson surname contracted 9 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Sempson Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.

In The United States those bearing the Sempson last name are 8.79% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 55.56% registered to vote for the political party.

Sempson earn notably less less than the average income. In United States they earn 17.36% less than the national average, earning $35,658 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saempson931/
Seimpson930/
Siempson930/
Seampson930/
Simpson86395,809/
Sympson86513/
Sımpson861/
Senpson861/
Sempsen860/
Simpsson8013/
Simpsonn809/
Simpsion808/
Simpsone805/
Shimpson805/
Sinmpson804/
Saimpson802/
Simmpson802/
Cismpson802/
Sajmpson801/
Symppson801/
Simphson800/
Symnpson800/
Simpsonne751/
D'Simpson751/
Simpsom71171/
Simpsen7181/
Sinpson7138/
Simpsan7123/
Cimpson7115/
Simpzon718/
Simpsonová714/
Simpsonova713/
Simbson712/
Zimpson710/
Sympsen710/
Sinpsone671/

Sempson Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Sempson in the Russian language
Сэмпсонsempson-

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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
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  • 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 Sempson
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