Saillen Surname
Approximately 394 people bear this surname
Saillen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Switzerland | 247 | 1:33,251 | 4,884 |
| Argentina | 107 | 1:399,471 | 30,635 |
| Ecuador | 12 | 1:1,325,487 | 16,904 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Saillen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saillen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saillen occurs in Switzerland more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saillen? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 734,496th most commonly occurring family name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 18,496,309 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 66 percent of Saillen live; 66 percent live in Western Europe and 58 percent live in Gallo-Europe.
Saillen is most commonly used in Switzerland, where it is borne by 247 people, or 1 in 33,251. In Switzerland Saillen is most frequent in: Canton of Valais, where 67 percent live, Canton of Vaud, where 22 percent live and Canton of Basel-Landschaft, where 4 percent live. Aside from Switzerland this surname exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 27 percent live and Ecuador, where 3 percent live.
Saillen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Saillen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Saillen surname expanded 800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
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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 Saillen
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