Salafia Surname

158,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,757 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Italy
Highest density in:
Malta

Salafia Surname User-submission:

Salafia is an Italian surname from Sicily. It comes from a female personal name or nickname derived from Arabic ṣalaf, meaning 'arrogance'.

Salafia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Italy1,1771:51,9609,345
United States6321:573,51147,017
Argentina6221:68,7195,851
Brazil741:2,892,89685,224
Australia671:402,92132,505
France631:1,054,329115,549
Malta361:11,952723
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
England81:6,964,757184,742
India61:127,844,230863,365
Canada51:7,369,118289,406
United States Virgin Islands31:36,7924,502
Ireland31:1,569,64617,286
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Chile11:17,616,47493,597
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Albania11:2,914,05529,474

The alternate forms: Saláfia (1) are calculated separately.

Salafia (64) may also be a first name.

Salafia Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

Salafia is an Italian surname from Sicily. It comes from a female personal name or nickname derived from Arabic ṣalaf, meaning 'arrogance'.

- megansalaf

Salafia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Salafia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Salafia (Hindi: सलाफिया) is most common in Italy. It can appear as: Saláfia. Click here for further possible spellings of Salafia.

How Common Is The Last Name Salafia? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 158,439th most numerous family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 2,643,288 people. This surname is primarily found in The Americas, where 49 percent of Salafia live; 44 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 44 percent live in Italic Europe. Salafia is also the 1,223,525th most commonly used forename at a global level. It is borne by 64 people.

Salafia is most widely held in Italy, where it is held by 1,177 people, or 1 in 51,960. In Italy Salafia is most common in: Sicily, where 86 percent live, Lazio, where 6 percent live and Lombardy, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Italy this last name exists in 28 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 23 percent live and Argentina, where 23 percent live.

Salafia Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Salafia surname are 1.67% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 54.9% being registered with the party.

The amount Salafia earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 156.08% more than the national average, earning €76,901 per year and in United States they earn 13.47% more than the national average, earning $48,960 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Saláfia951/
Salafiah93245/
Scalafia931/
Salaffia931/
Selafia8632/
Salafio861/
Salafea861/
Salaphia801/
Calafio712/
Selefia711/
Salofio711/
Zalafio711/
Calyafya671/
Chaloufia631/
Selefio57109/
Colafio573/
Solophia532/

Salafia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salafia in the Hindi language
सलाफियाsalaphiya-

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