Shemaya Surname
Approximately 572 people bear this surname
Shemaya Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 541 | 1:97,859 | 9,684 |
| India | 18 | 1:42,614,743 | 461,117 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
Shemaya (187) may also be a first name.
Shemaya Demographics
Shemaya Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Shemaya Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shemaya Come From? nationality or country of origin
Shemaya (Marathi: शेमया) is found in Tanzania more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Shemaya click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Shemaya? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 556,360th most frequently occurring surname world-wide It is held by approximately 1 in 12,740,465 people. The last name Shemaya is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Shemaya live; 95 percent live in East Africa and 95 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Shemaya is also the 665,130th most numerous first name in the world, borne by 187 people.
This last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 541 people, or 1 in 97,859. In Tanzania it is primarily concentrated in: Kigoma Region, where 39 percent live, Tabora Region, where 35 percent live and Kagera Region, where 26 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania Shemaya is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.
Shemaya Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Shemaya surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 100% registered with the party.
Shemaya earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 41.49% more than the national average, earning $61,050 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shemaya Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shemaya in the Marathi language | ||
| शेमया | semaya | - |
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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 Shemaya
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