Saalama Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Saalama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Saalama (23) may also be a first name.
Saalama Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saalama Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Saalama is carried by more people in Uganda than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Saalama? popularity and diffusion
Saalama is the 10,311,814th most common last name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 67 percent of Saalama reside; 67 percent reside in East Africa and 67 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Saalama is also the 2,239,265th most widespread forename world-wide, held by 23 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Uganda, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 19,519,640. In Uganda Saalama is most frequent in: Kamuli District, where 50 percent live and Ngora District, where 50 percent live. Excluding Uganda Saalama exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 33 percent live.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Saalama
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