Sesame Surname
Approximately 15,414 people bear this surname
Sesame Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 14,674 | 1:6,265 | 778 |
| Iraq | 582 | 1:60,175 | 2,217 |
| Lebanon | 76 | 1:74,172 | 5,162 |
| Botswana | 33 | 1:66,271 | 11,607 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Iran | 4 | 1:19,195,631 | 219,601 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
The alternate forms: Sésame (2) are calculated separately.
Sesame (22,300) may also be a first name.
Sesame Demographics
Average Sesame Salary in
United States
$25,575 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sesame Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sesame Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sesame (Arabic: السمسم) occurs more in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Sésame. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sesame? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 34,386th most commonly occurring surname globally It is held by around 1 in 472,787 people. Sesame is primarily found in Africa, where 95 percent of Sesame live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 34,844th most numerous forename worldwide It is held by 22,300 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 14,674 people, or 1 in 6,265. Barring Egypt it is found in 24 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 4 percent reside and Lebanon, where 0 percent reside.
Sesame Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the Sesame last name is primarily Sunni (98%) in Lebanon.
The amount Sesame earn in different countries varies notably. In South Africa they earn 57.82% less than the national average, earning R 100,224 per year and in United States they earn 40.73% less than the national average, earning $25,575 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sesame Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sesame in the Arabic language | ||
| السمسم | alsmsm | - |
| سمسميه | smsmyh | - |
| سيسمي | sysmy | - |
| سيزام | syzam | - |
| سمسم | smsm | - |
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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 Sesame
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