Salakay Surname
Approximately 709 people bear this surname
Salakay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 552 | 1:239,582 | 22,057 |
| India | 91 | 1:8,429,290 | 174,159 |
| Philippines | 58 | 1:1,745,487 | 112,199 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Salakay (56) may also be a first name.
Salakay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salakay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Salakay is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Salakay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salakay? popularity and diffusion
The surname Salakay is the 472,684th most frequently used surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 10,278,626 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 90 percent of Salakay live; 77 percent live in Southeast Asia and 72 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Salakay is also the 1,321,957th most prevalent first name on earth, held by 56 people.
The last name Salakay is most commonly occurring in Indonesia, where it is borne by 552 people, or 1 in 239,582. In Indonesia Salakay is primarily concentrated in: Maluku, where 82 percent live, West Papua, where 9 percent live and North Sulawesi, where 3 percent live. Apart from Indonesia it exists in 4 countries. It is also common in India, where 13 percent live and The Philippines, where 8 percent live.
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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 Salakay
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