Salau Surname
Approximately 48,325 people bear this surname
Salau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 45,238 | 1:3,916 | 518 |
| Kenya | 845 | 1:54,651 | 5,465 |
| Australia | 486 | 1:55,547 | 6,802 |
| Ecuador | 285 | 1:55,810 | 4,940 |
| England | 209 | 1:266,594 | 21,098 |
| Brazil | 206 | 1:1,039,196 | 36,605 |
| Indonesia | 187 | 1:707,215 | 54,809 |
| Malaysia | 179 | 1:164,772 | 10,089 |
| Papua New Guinea | 169 | 1:48,247 | 6,005 |
| United States | 151 | 1:2,400,390 | 147,856 |
| Germany | 85 | 1:947,123 | 66,306 |
| Romania | 72 | 1:278,859 | 25,610 |
| Solomon Islands | 41 | 1:14,147 | 2,649 |
| Niger | 39 | 1:492,103 | 12,962 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Cambodia | 18 | 1:860,397 | 5,106 |
| Spain | 16 | 1:2,922,002 | 63,384 |
| South Africa | 11 | 1:4,925,246 | 143,631 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| France | 7 | 1:9,488,960 | 336,266 |
| Scotland | 6 | 1:892,303 | 28,047 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Iceland | 3 | 1:126,697 | 5,403 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Nepal | 1 | 1:28,480,956 | 22,413 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
Salau (8,197) may also be a first name.
Salau Demographics
Salau Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Salau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salau (Hindi: सलाऊ, Marathi: सलाऊ) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Salau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 11,633rd most commonly occurring surname in the world It is held by around 1 in 150,803 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Salau live; 94 percent live in West Africa and 94 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 69,944th most frequent given name at a global level, held by 8,197 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 45,238 people, or 1 in 3,916. In Nigeria it is primarily concentrated in: Lagos, where 24 percent reside, Oyo, where 20 percent reside and Ogun, where 15 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria this surname occurs in 48 countries. It is also common in Kenya, where 2 percent reside and Australia, where 1 percent reside.
Salau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the surname is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya and Muslim (69%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Salau are 35.01% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 88.24% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Salau earn in different countries varies markedly. In United States they earn 4.06% less than the national average, earning $41,398 USD per year and in Canada they earn 45.55% more than the national average, earning $72,314 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salau in the Hindi language | ||
| सलाऊ | sala'u | 51.26 |
| सलाउ | sala'u | 43.72 |
| सलऊ | sala'u | 2.51 |
| सालू | salu | 0.5 |
| सालाउ | sala'u | 0.5 |
| सालौ | salau | 0.5 |
| Salau in the Marathi language | ||
| सलाऊ | sala'u | 50 |
| सलाउ | sala'u | 25 |
| सलाव | salava | 8.33 |
| सलाउीन | salauina | 8.33 |
| सळाउ | sala'u | 8.33 |
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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 Salau
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