Seseme Surname

595,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 523 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Seseme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Seseme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania5151:102,79910,054
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Seseme (33) may also be a first name.

Seseme Last Name Facts

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

The last name Seseme is borne by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Seseme.

How Common Is The Last Name Seseme? popularity and diffusion

The surname Seseme is the 595,654th most frequently held family name globally, held by around 1 in 13,934,122 people. The surname is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Seseme live; 98 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Seseme is also the 1,807,719th most frequently occurring forename globally, held by 33 people.

The surname is most commonly held in Tanzania, where it is carried by 515 people, or 1 in 102,799. In Tanzania Seseme is most frequent in: Dar es Salaam Region, where 48 percent are found, Morogoro Region, where 25 percent are found and Pwani Region, where 24 percent are found. Outside of Tanzania this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found and The DR Congo, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Sesheme92169/
Seseume9215/
Sesemer923/
Sesemey921/
Seiseme921/
Sesem9150/
Seshoeme863/
Seshieme861/
Sesame8315,414/
Sesema83101/
Seesem8335/
Saseme8321/
Sesime8318/
Siesem8311/
Seshem838/
Sesemi835/
Shesem833/
Segeme833/
Sejeme831/
Siseme831/
Sesameh772,410/
Seizeme77244/
Sessime7730/
Sessema7716/
Sheshem779/
Seshome779/
Sezemer776/
Sessome772/
Seisema772/
Seshime772/
Secheme772/
Sasseme772/
Gisseme772/
Cisseme771/
Gesseme771/
Gesemer771/
Siezeme771/
Sesemyi771/
Shaseme771/
Sitseme771/
Sisieme771/
Sasemie771/
Sedjeme771/
Seisame771/
Seshema771/
Shesema771/
Seaseam771/
Seasema770/
Sietssemer750/
Zesem73157/
Sisem73104/
Segem7327/
Sezem7317/
Sejem737/
Sesim734/
Secem732/
Ziesemer711,478/
Sesemova7170/
Jessemey7120/
Sassemie717/
Setcheme712/
Zeisemer711/
Siessema711/
Setsimey711/
Chesseme711/
Seshimey711/
Sheshame711/
Chesemea711/
Jessemer710/
Sasame671,371/
Seggem67800/
Sosome67161/
Saisem67136/
Sasime67135/
Sessim67109/
Sisime6797/
Sesima6771/
Seasim6758/
Sesami6748/
Shegem6740/
Sissem6731/
Secime6725/
Jezeme6713/
Gesime6712/
Sasemi679/
Segime678/
Sisema678/
Sisame677/
Gegeme677/
Shejem675/
Sasome675/
Seisim674/
Seicem673/
Sitsem673/
Chesem673/
Sisome673/
Sesimi673/
Siesim672/
Sexyme672/
Sisemi672/
Sosame672/
Seesim672/
Jegeme671/
Ziseme671/
Zesime671/
Siecem671/
Sigeme671/
Seucem671/
Seigem671/
Jesime671/
Ziesemehr671/
Setchemey671/
Sezame671/
Sezema671/
Sixeme671/
Siceme671/
Giseme671/
Cejeme671/
Shishemge671/
Shieshemi671/
Shesim671/
Seecim671/
Seizem671/
Siegem671/
Shisem671/
Soysem671/
Cezeme671/
Seysim670/

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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 Seseme
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