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The sem Surname

sem Name Meaning and History

  1. Norwegian: habitational name from any of about fifteen farms so named, a variant of Seim.
  2. Slovenian: from the medieval personal name Sem, a shortened form of Simon.
  3. Cambodian: unexplained.
  4. Indian (Panjab): Hindu (Saraswat Brahman) name of unknown meaning.

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Distribution of sem Families in the US in 1920
Number of sem families
 5-8
 2-4
 1
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