Last Name SEMPER

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Meaning Local: De St. Pierre, from some Norman chapelry of that name.
Local: Of St. Pierre, probably a chapelry in Normandy.
Origin English, German, Irish, Croatian, Belgian

Rank 40,265 (2000 US census) 31,149 (1990 US census)
Count 512 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 34.38%, or 176 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 50.59%, or 259 total occurrences, as black,
  • 3.32%, or 17 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.95%, or 10 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 9.77%, or 50 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


English surnames

English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...


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