Salafa Surname
Approximately 99 people bear this surname
Salafa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| France | 53 | 1:1,253,259 | 128,888 |
| Chile | 11 | 1:1,601,498 | 26,155 |
| Indonesia | 11 | 1:12,022,654 | 410,938 |
| Nigeria | 10 | 1:17,714,276 | 277,641 |
| Solomon Islands | 7 | 1:82,861 | 15,196 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Salafà (1) are calculated separately.
Salafa (175) may also be a first name.
Salafa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salafa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Salafa (Hindi: सलफा, Marathi: सलाफा, Oriya: ସଲଫା) occurs in France more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant: Salafà. For other potential spellings of Salafa click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salafa? popularity and diffusion
The surname Salafa is the 1,860,621st most frequently held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 73,611,575 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 54 percent of Salafa reside; 54 percent reside in Western Europe and 54 percent reside in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 690,096th most widespread first name internationally It is held by 175 people.
The surname is most frequent in France, where it is carried by 53 people, or 1 in 1,253,259. In France Salafa is most numerous in: Occitanie, where 66 percent live, Brittany, where 17 percent live and Île-de-France, where 13 percent live. Barring France this last name is found in 11 countries. It is also common in Chile, where 11 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salafa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salafa in the Hindi language | ||
| सलफा | salapha | - |
| Salafa in the Oriya language | ||
| ସଲଫା | salapha | - |
| Salafa in the Marathi language | ||
| सलाफा | salapha | - |
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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
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- 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 Salafa
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