Salantay Surname

2,436,415th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 62 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Philippines
Highest density in:
Philippines

Salantay Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salantay Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Philippines581:1,745,487112,199
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Šalantay (5) are calculated separately.

Salantay Last Name Facts

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

The surname Salantay occurs more in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may appear in the variant forms: Šalantay. For other possible spellings of Salantay click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salantay? popularity and diffusion

The surname Salantay is the 2,436,415th most frequently occurring last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 117,541,063 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 94 percent of Salantay live; 94 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Fil-Southeast Asia.

The last name is most frequent in The Philippines, where it is held by 58 people, or 1 in 1,745,487. In The Philippines Salantay is most frequent in: Davao Region, where 79 percent live, Northern Mindanao, where 16 percent live and Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 2 percent live. Outside of The Philippines Salantay is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 5 percent live and Slovakia, where 2 percent live.

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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 Salantay
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