Salakan Surname
Approximately 155 people bear this surname
Salakan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 112 | 1:903,913 | 81,715 |
| Thailand | 19 | 1:3,717,808 | 320,775 |
| Malaysia | 11 | 1:2,681,293 | 102,971 |
| Nigeria | 8 | 1:22,142,845 | 310,552 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Salakan (186) may also be a first name.
Salakan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salakan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salakan (Hindi: सलकन, Marathi: सालकन, Oriya: ସାଲକାନ) is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salakan? popularity and diffusion
Salakan is the 1,403,590th most prevalent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 47,016,425 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 94 percent of Salakan live; 93 percent live in Southeast Asia and 57 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia. Salakan is also the 667,122nd most frequent first name internationally It is held by 186 people.
The surname is most numerous in The Philippines, where it is borne by 112 people, or 1 in 903,913. In The Philippines Salakan is most common in: Soccsksargen, where 70 percent live, Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 21 percent live and National Capital Region, where 5 percent live. Other than The Philippines this last name occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 12 percent live and Malaysia, where 7 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salakan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salakan in the Hindi language | ||
| सलकन | salakana | - |
| Salakan in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଲକାନ | salakana | 93.75 |
| ସାଲକନ | salakana | 6.25 |
| Salakan in the Marathi language | ||
| सालकन | salakana | 60 |
| सालाख़ान | salakhana | 20 |
| सलकान | salakana | 20 |
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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 Salakan
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