Sem is used as a family name or surname in Cambodia. It is 3 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Sem
No. of characters: 3
Origin: Cambodia
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Sem

How popular is Sem?

Sem is common in Cambodia.

Sem is ranked 15273 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Sems grew by 21.2401 per cent to 919 since 2000 and ranked 26534 after elevating 2856 spots. The last name was found in around 3 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 65.94 61.08
White 23.94 26.91
Hispanic or Latino 4.9 3.03
Others 2.72 7.26
Black 2.5 0
Sem is quite popular last name mostly concentrated in Cambodia which signifies that it is originated from Cambodia. Around 34451 people have been found who wears Sem as their family name. Sem is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
20,929 Azerbaijan7
6,072 China7
13,220 Thailand6
2,955 Syria4
2,403 Vietnam4
20,541 Peru3
19,865 Iran3
4,529 Mauritius3
10,329 Pakistan3
16,605 Austria3
8,926 Cameroon3
3,478 Haiti2
5,443 Dominican Republic2
18,625 Japan2
8,995 Uganda2
14,408 Uruguay2
6,462 Ivory Coast2
4,104 South Korea2
28,232 Morocco2
16,073 Latvia1
36,814 Romania1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
49,101 Denmark1
19,810 Croatia1
340 Comoros1
34,581 Chile1
4,171 Rwanda1
8,181 Botswana1
58,885 Poland1
6,820 Angola1
7,847 Albania1
235 São Tomé and Príncipe1
801 Cape Verde1
42,479 Greece1
5,553 Taiwan1
12,270 Lebanon1
14,373 Jordan1
24,421 Slovakia1
38,841 Scotland1
5,916 Mozambique1
3,952 Yemen1
24,460 Armenia1
16,640 Hong Kong1
14,644 Tunisia1
7,941 Guatemala1
53,033 Nigeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
16,226 New Zealand33
40,883 Zimbabwe27
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
42,407 Sweden22
52,530 Belgium22
75,986 Spain20
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
13,010 Venezuela100
6,636 Ecuador92
7,068 Lithuania90
1,478 Senegal87
19,913 Czech Republic83
3,956 Singapore83
57,588 Argentina75
56,973 South Africa73
6,628 Portugal65
33,928 Australia65
17,456 Switzerland63
60,099 England59
39,248 Netherlands53
Countries with hundreds of Sem:
7,551 Algeria893
15,201 Indonesia787
37,715 United States748
11,470 Turkey629
8,811 Egypt613
52,302 India571
1,294 Norway452
5,324 Malaysia405
24,436 Italy403
13,426 Kenya314
33,969 France294
39,199 Philippines258
1,467 Namibia244
50,182 Germany202
15,678 Saudi Arabia192
22,489 Tanzania182
1,884 Mauritania178
2,819 Slovenia153
8,098 Colombia140
23,602 Mexico131
31,340 Canada107
Countries with thousands of Sem:
6,670 Brazil2,083
2,782 Ghana1,118
Countries with ten thousands of Sem:
107 Cambodia22,083
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Comments

F
Flossie Callen
 This surname of biblical origin is probably a form of semah: offshoot former nickname is it is applied to the youngest child of a family? it is difficult today to be totally affirmative, its origin is lost in the mists of time another possibility, a form of simon one who obeys, in the Christian tradition popularized by St. Simon, 1st century apostle would have preached in greatly britain and africa or Persian note: sem is also the name of a municipality in the Ariege department.

Sem Namesakes

  • Abderrahman 'Abdul' Semmag, Actor
  • Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar
  • Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan, Yamtuan Besar
  • Abdurrahman Sembiring, Tifatul Sembiring's son
  • Miguel Grau Seminario, Naval Officer
  • Maic Sema, Soccer player
  • Maria Semyonova, Writer
  • Tifatul Sembiring, Indonesian Politician
  • Charles Augustus Semlin, Politician
  • Rudolf Semmler, Journalist

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