Šėmeta

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Šėmeta
Lithuanian surname
m.:Šemeta
f.: (unmarried)Šemetaitė
f.: (married)Šemetienė

Šėmeta is a Lithuanian-language surname. It belongs to the Šemetos [ru] 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 [lt] (1802–1882), Lithuanian military figure, one of the military leaders of the November Uprising

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Šemetos - Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija". vle.lt. Retrieved 2023-04-26.