Šeme Surname

930,678th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 283 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Slovenia
Highest density in:
Slovenia

Šeme Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Šeme Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Slovenia2811:8,8532,025
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
North Macedonia11:2,101,47231,546

The alternate forms: Seme (28,664), Semé (8), Sème (5), Séme (1) & Sèmè (2) are calculated separately.

Šeme Last Name Facts

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

The surname Šeme is found most in Slovenia. It may also appear as: Seme, Semé, Sème, Séme or Sèmè. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Šeme? popularity and diffusion

It is the 930,678th most widely held family name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 25,751,046 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šeme live; 100 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent live in South Slavic Europe.

The surname is most commonly held in Slovenia, where it is held by 281 people, or 1 in 8,853. In Slovenia it is mostly concentrated in: Central Slovenia, where 85 percent are found, Southeast Slovenia, where 6 percent are found and Upper Carniola, where 4 percent are found. Outside of Slovenia Šeme occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Croatia, where 0 percent are found and North Macedonia, where 0 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Seme9228,664/
Šemet8929/
Šemeš8917/
Semé838/
Sème835/
Séme831/
Ceme754,477/
Zeme753,348/
Šema7530/
Šemi7520/
Šime757/
Sèmè752/
Çeme751/
Cheme673,249/
Zemei672,069/
Semet671,792/
Sheme671,305/
Sesme671,166/
Semey67974/
Semer67898/
Seeme67573/
Semei67508/
Semes67495/
Seime67432/
Seume67313/
Semme67260/
Cemer67227/
Sieme67181/
Zehme67176/
Semeh67134/
Seame67124/
Semea6794/
Semeu6789/
Semez6784/
Semeš6777/
Semie6768/
Cetme6767/
Semeș6764/
Çemer6761/
Cesme6759/
Šemis6745/
Cemme6744/
Zemme6732/
Cemed6730/
Zeame6728/
Cemes6726/
Semee6715/
Semed6714/
Şemet6713/
Šimer6711/
Zeime6711/
Zemee677/
Cemeh677/
Cemet676/
Xheme675/
Cemey674/
Zemey674/
Cemez674/
Seyme674/
Semep673/
Çetme672/
Sseme672/
Cemej672/
Cemie672/
Sceme671/
Šiema671/
Cejme671/
Zzeme671/
Semge671/
Sehme671/
Şemme671/
Cemee671/
Semhe671/

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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 Šeme
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