Salamatu Surname

36,235th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 14,561 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Ghana

Salamatu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salamatu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria10,2531:17,2771,641
Ghana4,0181:6,725909
Cameroon2791:74,4419,244
England41:13,929,515290,718
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
France11:66,422,722504,397
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Russia11:144,123,056881,408

Salamatu (168,416) may also be a first name.

Salamatu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Salamatu is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Salamatu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Salamatu is the 36,235th most commonly occurring last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 500,484 people. Salamatu occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Salamatu reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 6,245th most commonly occurring first name worldwide It is held by 168,416 people.

The last name Salamatu is most frequent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 10,253 people, or 1 in 17,277. In Nigeria Salamatu is mostly found in: Kebbi, where 13 percent reside, Yobe, where 9 percent reside and Kaduna, where 9 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it exists in 9 countries. It is also common in Ghana, where 28 percent reside and Cameroon, where 2 percent reside.

Salamatu Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is primarily Muslim (90%) in Nigeria.

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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 Salamatu
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