Shem Surname
Approximately 6,454 people bear this surname
Shem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 2,165 | 1:21,330 | 2,449 |
| Iran | 983 | 1:78,110 | 8,015 |
| Nigeria | 946 | 1:187,255 | 11,366 |
| Vanuatu | 708 | 1:372 | 59 |
| Tanzania | 423 | 1:125,157 | 11,807 |
| Papua New Guinea | 356 | 1:22,904 | 2,503 |
| United States | 245 | 1:1,479,424 | 101,022 |
| Canada | 87 | 1:423,513 | 37,101 |
| Russia | 85 | 1:1,695,565 | 111,577 |
| DR Congo | 68 | 1:1,086,464 | 68,260 |
| Marshall Islands | 64 | 1:810 | 191 |
| India | 47 | 1:16,320,540 | 259,912 |
| Solomon Islands | 41 | 1:14,147 | 2,649 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Indonesia | 21 | 1:6,297,581 | 275,398 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 14 | 1:97,427 | 6,588 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Israel | 13 | 1:658,280 | 45,106 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Pakistan | 8 | 1:22,330,486 | 77,733 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Uganda | 6 | 1:6,506,546 | 123,710 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Ghana | 4 | 1:6,755,173 | 15,406 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Cambodia | 3 | 1:5,162,382 | 10,688 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 51 | 1:984,680 | 58,342 |
The alternate forms: Shém (1) are calculated separately.
Shem (26,353) may also be a first name.
Shem Demographics
Average Shem Salary in
United States
$48,968 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Shem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shem (Bengali: শেম, Hindi: शेम, Marathi: शेम, Oriya: େସମ, Russian: Шем, Tibetan: ཤེམ་) is found most frequently in Kenya. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Shém. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shem? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 76,008th most frequently occurring last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 1,129,152 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 56 percent of Shem live; 40 percent live in East Africa and 23 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Shem is also the 30,758th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 26,353 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Kenya, where it is held by 2,165 people, or 1 in 21,330. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kisii County, where 30 percent live, Nairobi County, where 16 percent live and Nyamira County, where 10 percent live. Barring Kenya Shem exists in 65 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 15 percent live and Nigeria, where 15 percent live.
Shem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Shem has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name grew 480 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shem Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Shem last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Shem surname are 20.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 74% being registered with the political party.
The amount Shem earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 13.49% more than the national average, earning $48,968 USD per year and in Canada they earn 13.38% more than the national average, earning $56,329 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shem in the Bengali language | ||
| শেম | sema | - |
| Shem in the Hindi language | ||
| शेम | sema | 91.67 |
| शाेम | saema | 4.17 |
| शेम्पू | sempu | 4.17 |
| Shem in the Marathi language | ||
| शेम | sema | 68.75 |
| शॅम | sema | 31.25 |
| Shem in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤེམ་ | shem | 68 |
| ཤེརམ་ | sheram | 24 |
| ཤེའེམ་ | shé'em | 8 |
| Shem in the Oriya language | ||
| େସମ | esama | 44.44 |
| େଶମ | esama | 33.33 |
| େସମ୍ | esam | 22.22 |
| Shem in the Russian language | ||
| Шем | sem | - |
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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 Shem
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