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    The surname Semaan

    An Arabic surname, carried by 654 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S550

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Semaan is more common than 78.7% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Borrowed from Arabic سَمْعَان (samʕān). This surname is mostly found in Saudi Arabia.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 654 people named Semaan in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 472,088 Americans. That is up 27% since 2000, when the Census counted 516.

    #34,574
    rank among US surnames
    654
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26.7%
    change since 2000 (was #40,019)

    Who is named Semaan

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    91% of people named Semaan identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 4.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.4%
    • Two or more races 4.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Semaan

    Semaan has the Soundex code S550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S550.

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Semaan come from?
    Borrowed from Arabic سَمْعَان (samʕān). This surname is mostly found in Saudi Arabia.
    How common is the surname Semaan?
    654 people in the United States had the surname Semaan in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 472,088 Americans. It ranked 34,574th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Semaan?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Semaan identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Semaan getting more or less common?
    More common. 516 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 654 in 2010, up 27%.