Semkiv

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 7 countries · latest register: dane.gov.pl, 2026

/sɛmkʲiu̯/(machine-generated) Ukrainian · model-generated · read from семків

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

  • PLPoland1 in 103K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 423K
  • ESSpain1 in 2.3M

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Semkiv itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ukraine (inferred from the name graph)

≈2,000 named Семків, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Record sources
86 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 81K (inferred from the name graph)

Estonia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)
SemkivLatin(measured from records)
СемківCyrillic(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Семків in UA Ukraine and Семкив in RU Russia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 3 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Semkiv 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 Semkiv is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
UA Ukraine≈2,000 est.≈1 in 19K—Семків33
PL Poland3711 in 103K187Semkiv5
RU Russia≈320 est.≈1 in 454K—Семкив86
IT Italy≈44 est.≈1 in 1.3M—Semkiv6
BR Brazil331 in 6.4M33——
EE Estonia≈17 est.≈1 in 81K19Semkiv4
HR Croatia101 in 423K10——

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: dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname); the ee-stat-nimed register; DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form). 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)

Semkiv is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Croatian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Croatia

    Also written Семкив

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Semkìv

12 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.

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalDear Semkiv,
InformalHello,

Evidence

(measured from records)

11 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 7 countries.

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

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Semkiv?
In Ukrainian /sɛmkʲiu̯/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
In which country does Semkiv have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 2.0 thousand people named Семків in Ukraine, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Semkiv?
In Poland, the national register counted 371 people named Semkiv in 2026, about 1 in 103 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, “Semkiv”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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