Show ContentsSemen Surname History

The surname Semen is derived from the Hebrew personal name Shimon. In the Old Testament, the name is usually rendered as Simeon, while in the New Testament, the name is usually seen as Simon, because of its association with the Greek byname Simos, which means snub-nosed.


United States Semen migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Semen Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
  • Jacob Semen, aged 27, who arrived in Pennsylvania in 1738 1
  • Johan Adam Semen, aged 22, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1738 1
  • Robert Semen, who landed in America in 1760-1763 1

Contemporary Notables of the name Semen (post 1700) +

  • Semen Abramovich, Russian chess player


  1. Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)


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