# Semien (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/semien/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,177 |
| US rank (2010) | 22,026 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 262,316 people |
| Change since 2000 | +16% (1,013 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Semien in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.0% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 85% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.6% |
| Two or more races | 5.4% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Semien in the United States.

## People named Semien

- Marcus Semien, American baseball player

## Similar surnames

Seaman, Simeone, Simeon, Seeman, Seamon, Seman, Semon, Simien, Seemann, Semaan, Simon, Shannon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.