Salasu Surname

2,220,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 73 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Salasu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salasu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria691:2,567,28683,988
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638

Salasu (54) may also be a first name.

Salasu Last Name Facts

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

Salasu (Oriya: ସାଲସୁ) is found in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salasu? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 2,220,661st most widely held last name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 99,829,396 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Salasu reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 1,350,955th most frequently used forename globally, held by 54 people.

This surname is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is held by 69 people, or 1 in 2,567,286. In Nigeria it is most common in: Kano, where 28 percent reside, Borno, where 16 percent reside and Yobe, where 12 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 3 percent reside and Indonesia, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Salasu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salasu in the Oriya language
ସାଲସୁsalasu-

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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 Salasu
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