Salamaña Surname
Approximately 399 people bear this surname
Salamaña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 326 | 1:310,547 | 43,605 |
| Spain | 70 | 1:667,886 | 29,788 |
| Argentina | 3 | 1:14,247,805 | 235,975 |
The alternate forms: Salamana (184) are calculated separately.
Salamaña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salamaña Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Salamaña is more frequently found in The Philippines than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Salamana. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salamaña? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 727,600th most widespread family name throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 18,264,526 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 81 percent of Salamaña are found; 81 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 81 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name Salamaña is most widespread in The Philippines, where it is held by 326 people, or 1 in 310,547. In The Philippines Salamaña is most frequent in: Caraga, where 22 percent are found, Central Visayas, where 20 percent are found and Soccsksargen, where 13 percent are found. Aside from The Philippines Salamaña occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Spain, where 18 percent are found and Argentina, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Salamaña
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