Siema Surname
Approximately 1,112 people bear this surname
Siema Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 471 | 1:98,046 | 8,631 |
| India | 254 | 1:3,019,942 | 90,331 |
| South Africa | 128 | 1:423,263 | 36,588 |
| DR Congo | 103 | 1:717,277 | 51,618 |
| Cameroon | 64 | 1:324,517 | 29,689 |
| Benin | 30 | 1:344,520 | 26,827 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| Uganda | 5 | 1:7,807,856 | 134,263 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Norway | 3 | 1:1,714,095 | 79,528 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
The alternate forms: Šiema (1) are calculated separately.
Siema (3,112) may also be a first name.
Siema Demographics
Average Siema Salary in
South Africa
R 143,688
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Siema Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Siema Come From? nationality or country of origin
Siema (Hindi: सीेमा) is found most in Kenya. It may occur as: Šiema. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Siema? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 332,527th most common surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 6,553,548 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 74 percent of Siema reside; 44 percent reside in East Africa and 43 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 129,174th most frequent first name in the world, borne by 3,112 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Kenya, where it is held by 471 people, or 1 in 98,046. In Kenya it is most numerous in: Kakamega County, where 75 percent live, Nairobi County, where 17 percent live and Bungoma County, where 2 percent live. Outside of Kenya it exists in 23 countries. It also occurs in India, where 23 percent live and South Africa, where 12 percent live.
Siema Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Siema has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Siema surname expanded 150 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Siema Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the surname is predominantly Christian (100%) in Kenya.
Siema earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 39.53% less than the national average, earning R 143,688 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Siema Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Siema in the Hindi language | ||
| सीेमा | siema | 85.19 |
| सेमा | sema | 5.56 |
| सीएमा | si'ema | 5.56 |
| सिएमा | si'ema | 1.85 |
| सीएम | si'ema | 1.85 |
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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 Siema
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