Salafina Surname

2,555,468th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 57 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
DR Congo
Highest density in:
Wallis and Futuna

Salafina Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salafina Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Zambia171:932,34829,315
Rwanda41:2,841,2443,611
Wallis and Futuna41:3,40266
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
Burundi11:9,804,8522,349
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260

Salafina (2,873) may also be a first name.

Salafina Last Name Facts

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

The surname Salafina is carried by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salafina? popularity and diffusion

Salafina is the 2,555,468th most widespread family name globally It is held by around 1 in 127,851,683 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 93 percent of Salafina are found; 47 percent are found in Central Africa and 47 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. Salafina is also the 135,680th most prevalent forename throughout the world It is held by 2,873 people.

The surname Salafina is most widely held in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 27 people, or 1 in 2,736,280. Other than The DR Congo this last name exists in 6 countries. It also occurs in Zambia, where 30 percent are found and Rwanda, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salafin9322/
Calafina881/
Salafino881/
Salafen806/
Salafim801/
Solofina7512/
Selofina751/
Solofinah711/
Solofin678/
Salaphim6344/
Solaphin631/
Solofino631/
Sallhofen5915/
Selephina591/

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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 Salafina
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