Salamala Surname

902,012th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 296 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Salamala Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salamala Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1671:791,91160,260
Zambia571:278,06916,150
France431:1,544,714145,815
India181:42,614,743461,117
Tanzania101:5,294,16157,086
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Salamala (54) may also be a first name.

Salamala Last Name Facts

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

The surname Salamala (Bengali: সৈলমালা, Oriya: ସାଲମାଲା) is found most frequently in Indonesia. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Salamala? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 902,012th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 24,620,088 people. This last name occurs mostly in Oceania, where 56 percent of Salamala are found; 56 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 56 percent are found in Papuan Oceania. Salamala is also the 1,350,955th most commonly occurring forename on earth. It is borne by 54 people.

The surname is most frequently used in Indonesia, where it is borne by 167 people, or 1 in 791,911. In Indonesia Salamala is mostly found in: West Papua, where 97 percent live, Papua, where 2 percent live and West Java, where 1 percent live. Other than Indonesia this last name occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Zambia, where 19 percent live and France, where 15 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Salamala Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salamala in the Bengali language
সৈলমালাsailamala-
Salamala in the Oriya language
ସାଲମାଲାsalamala-

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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 Salamala
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