Salangia Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Papua New Guinea
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Salangia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salangia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

Salangia Last Name Facts

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

Salangia is borne by more people in Papua New Guinea than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salangia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Salangia is the 8,968,613th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 50 percent of Salangia reside; 50 percent reside in Oceania Islands and 50 percent reside in Papuan Oceania.

The last name is most widely held in Papua New Guinea, where it is borne by 2 people, or 1 in 4,076,858. In Papua New Guinea Salangia is mostly found in: Madang, where 50 percent reside. Other than Papua New Guinea this surname exists in 2 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent reside and Tanzania, where 25 percent reside.

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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 Salangia
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