Salamatu Surname
Approximately 14,561 people bear this surname
Salamatu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 10,253 | 1:17,277 | 1,641 |
| Ghana | 4,018 | 1:6,725 | 909 |
| Cameroon | 279 | 1:74,441 | 9,244 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Salamatu (168,416) may also be a first name.
Salamatu Demographics
Salamatu Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salamatou | 94 | 9,515 | / |
| Sallamatu | 94 | 13 | / |
| Shalamatu | 94 | 2 | / |
| Salamattu | 94 | 2 | / |
| Salaamatu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Ssalamatu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Saalamatu | 94 | 1 | / |
| Sallamatou | 89 | 3 | / |
| Salahamatu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Sallamattu | 89 | 1 | / |
| Ssalamatou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Saalamatou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Salaamatou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Salamatouy | 89 | 1 | / |
| Salamattou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Salammatou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Salamùatou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Salahmatou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Szalamatou | 89 | 1 | / |
| Salamotu | 88 | 278 | / |
| Salametu | 88 | 34 | / |
| Salematu | 88 | 6 | / |
| Solamatu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Selamatu | 88 | 1 | / |
| Salamatoush | 84 | 11 | / |
| Salahamatou | 84 | 1 | / |
| Calamatui | 82 | 2 | / |
| Salamotou | 82 | 1 | / |
| Salamothu | 82 | 1 | / |
| Soulamatou | 78 | 8 | / |
| Chalamattu | 78 | 2 | / |
| Salamoutou | 78 | 2 | / |
| Salemotu | 75 | 2 | / |
| Challamathu | 74 | 1 | / |
| Cholamattu | 67 | 1 | / |
| Souleymatou | 63 | 4 | / |
| Selemotu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Solomotu | 63 | 1 | / |
| Soolamoothoo | 50 | 4 | / |
| Sollamoothoo | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Salamatu
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