Salafiya Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Malaysia

Salafiya Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salafiya Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885

Salafiya (22) may also be a first name.

Salafiya Last Name Facts

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

Salafiya (Hindi: सलफिया, Marathi: सलाफीया, Russian: Салафия) is carried by more people in India than any other country or territory. It can occur as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salafiya? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,193,072nd most common family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 60 percent of Salafiya reside; 40 percent reside in South Asia and 40 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Salafiya is also the 2,301,746th most common given name throughout the world. It is borne by 22 people.

The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 383,532,691. In India Salafiya is most prevalent in: Maharashtra, where 50 percent are found and Uttar Pradesh, where 50 percent are found. Besides India it is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 40 percent are found and Malaysia, where 20 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Salafiya Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salafiya in the Marathi language
सलाफीयाsalaphiya-
Salafiya in the Hindi language
सलफियाsalaphiya55.56
सलाफियाsalaphiya22.22
सलफीयाsalaphiya22.22
Salafiya in the Russian language
Салафияsalafia-

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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 Salafiya
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