Semino

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Cognome ligure, prev

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

/semino/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Semino is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Argentina than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • ARArgentina1 in 60K(measured from records)
  • PEPeru≈1 in 83K
  • UYUruguay1 in 25K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Argentina (measured from records)

761 people

Sources
48 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 25K (inferred from the name graph)

Uruguay

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Italian

Cognome ligure, prev. genovese, formato dal toponimo Semino (GE), centro dell’entroterra nel comune di Busalla, presso Savignone.

Sources 1

  • Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

Where in the world(measured from records)

Semino counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Semino is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
AR Argentina7611 in 60K761Semino45
IT Italy≈410 est.≈1 in 154KlistedSemino48
PE Peru≈380 est.≈1 in 83K—Semino33
PH Philippines≈270 est.≈1 in 405K—Semino8
ZA South Africa≈240 est.≈1 in 233K—Semino4
UY Uruguay1381 in 25K138Semino9

761 people counted by RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); the italian-surnames-defelice-1978 register; INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Semino is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Philippines, Spain

    Also written Sémino

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Semino is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Italian, first-person singular present indicative of seminare

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latin, to plant, sow

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1400160018002000Andrea Semino, b. 1525Ottavio Semini, b. 1527Alejandro Semín, b. 1550Giovanni Battista Semino, b. 1912Carlos Semino, b. 1929Ignazio Semino, b. 1948Elena Semino, b. 1964Gustavo Semino, b. 1977Camilla Semino Favro, b. 1986Fernanda Semino, b. 1992

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalEstimado/a Semino,Dear Semino, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Semino,Hello, (English)

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 20 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Semino
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—761—
UY UruguayINE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public)—138—
IT ItalyDizionario dei Cognomi Italiani (De Felice, 1978)———
IT Italy意大利语姓名译名手册 (Xinhua Italian Name Manual)———

Reference works 2

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Semino?
A machine transcription gives /semino/ (IPA) for Spanish.
What does the name Semino mean?
Recorded meaning: Cognome ligure, prev.
In which country does Semino have the most bearers?
In Argentina, the national register counted about 761 people named Semino, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled semino.
Where is Semino most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Semino is densest in Uruguay — about 1 in 25 thousand people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Semino?
In Argentina, the national register counted 761 people named Semino, about 1 in 60 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Semino”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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