Salalwe Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Salalwe Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 10 | 1:409,486 | 16,302 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Salalwe Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salalwe Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salalwe (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻠﻠﻮ) is carried by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salalwe? popularity and diffusion
The last name Salalwe is the 5,812,366th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Salalwe reside; 100 percent reside in West Africa and 91 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Salalwe is most common in Mauritania, where it is borne by 10 people, or 1 in 409,486. In Mauritania Salalwe is most frequent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Mauritania this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 9 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salalwe Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salalwe in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻠﻠﻮ | sllw | 66.67 |
| ﺻﻠﻠﻮﻩ | sllwh | 33.33 |
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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 Salalwe
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