Saalihu Surname
Approximately 23 people bear this surname
Saalihu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 22 | 1:8,051,944 | 174,166 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
Saalihu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saalihu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saalihu is found most frequently in Nigeria. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Saalihu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 4,116,508th most frequently held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 316,849,822 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Saalihu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa.
This last name is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is held by 22 people, or 1 in 8,051,944. In Nigeria Saalihu is most numerous in: Kaduna, where 36 percent live, Zamfara, where 23 percent live and Kogi, where 18 percent live. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Ghana, where 4 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 Saalihu
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