Salagun Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Salagun Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salagun Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India71:109,580,769786,157
Papua New Guinea71:1,164,817109,517
Malaysia51:5,898,845196,803

Salagun (346) may also be a first name.

Salagun Last Name Facts

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

The last name Salagun (Hindi: सलगुन, Oriya: ସଲଗୁନ) is most common in India. It can appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Salagun.

How Common Is The Last Name Salagun? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,532,898th most prevalent surname internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of Salagun are found; 37 percent are found in South Asia and 37 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 468,941st most commonly held forename on earth. It is borne by 346 people.

The last name is most common in India, where it is held by 7 people, or 1 in 109,580,769. In India Salagun is most numerous in: Bihar, where 100 percent live. Beside India Salagun exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 37 percent live and Malaysia, where 26 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salagund9322/
Salagon86132/
Selagun864/
Solagun863/
Salogun863/
Calagun861/
Salaguting821/
Salagautin821/
Shalagon8032/
Sholagun805/
Shalagum803/
Seelagun801/
Chalagun801/
Siallagon7527/
Challagun751/
Callaghun750/
Jalogun7110/
Jalagum718/
Solagum713/
Jolagun713/
Solagon712/
Zalagon711/
Sologun711/
Shologun673/
Shalogon671/
Challagum633/
Djalogoun632/
Sologon57206/
Giolagon53221/
Shologon5374/
Gialogon531/
Zhologun531/

Salagun Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salagun in the Oriya language
ସଲଗୁନsalaguna-
Salagun in the Hindi language
सलगुनsalaguna63.64
सलागुनsalaguna27.27
सालगुनsalaguna9.09

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Salagun
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