How common is the surname Seman?

2,178 people in the United States had the surname Seman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,756 Americans. It ranked 13,871st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Seman?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Seman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Seman getting more or less common?

More common. 2,040 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,178 in 2010, up 6.8%.

The surname Seman

A surname, carried by 2,178 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Seman is more common than 91.5% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,178 people named Seman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,756 Americans. That is up 6.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,040.

#13,871

rank among US surnames

2,178

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+6.8%

change since 2000 (was #13,641)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,862	Driggs	2,180	141,626
#13,867	Flock	2,179	141,691
#13,871	Seman	2,178	141,756
#13,874	Hymes	2,177	141,822

Who is named Seman

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

89% of people named Seman identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 3.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Asian and Pacific Islander 3.7%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.9%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Seman

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

Questions

How common is the surname Seman?: 2,178 people in the United States had the surname Seman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,756 Americans. It ranked 13,871st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Seman?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Seman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Seman getting more or less common?: More common. 2,040 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,178 in 2010, up 6.8%.