Šėmeta
Appearance
Šėmeta | |
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Lithuanian surname | |
m.: | Šemeta |
f.: (unmarried) | Šemetaitė |
f.: (married) | Šemetienė |
Šėmeta is a Lithuanian-language surname. It belongs to the Šemetos Lithuanian noble family whose progenitor was Šemeta Nameikaitis, known since the 15th century.[1] Polonized variants of the surname include Szemiot, Szemioth, Szemiott, Szemet; Russified: Shemet. A derived surname is Shemetov.
Notable people with the surname include:
- Algirdas Šemeta (born 1962), Lithuanian economist and politician
- Pranciškus Šemeta (1802–1882), Lithuanian military figure, one of the military leaders of the November Uprising
References
[edit]- ^ "Šemetos - Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija". vle.lt. Retrieved 2023-04-26.