Salambay Surname

395,186th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 893 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ecuador
Highest density in:
Ecuador

Salambay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salambay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ecuador7041:22,5943,082
Peru1291:246,38910,235
Philippines481:2,109,130121,847
Colombia91:5,308,23018,838
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Spain11:46,752,036156,870

Salambay (318) may also be a first name.

Salambay Last Name Facts

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

Salambay occurs most in Ecuador. It may appear as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Salambay click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salambay? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 395,186th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 8,160,746 people. The last name occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 94 percent of Salambay reside; 94 percent reside in South America and 93 percent reside in Andean South America. Salambay is also the 492,367th most widely held given name globally, borne by 318 people.

The surname is most widespread in Ecuador, where it is carried by 704 people, or 1 in 22,594. In Ecuador Salambay is most common in: Chimborazo Province, where 65 percent are found, Pichincha Province, where 10 percent are found and Cotopaxi Province, where 10 percent are found. Besides Ecuador this last name exists in 6 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 14 percent are found and The Philippines, where 5 percent are found.

Salambay Last Name Statistics demography

The amount Salambay earn in different countries varies somewhat. In Peru they earn 14.59% less than the national average, earning S/. 16,556 per year and in Colombia they earn 26.8% less than the national average, earning $16,619,200 COP per year.

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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 Salambay
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