Salavai Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Salavai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 10 | 1:76,706,538 | 639,611 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
Salavai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salavai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Salavai (Marathi: साळवै) is found most in India. It can also be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of Salavai.
How Common Is The Last Name Salavai? popularity and diffusion
The surname Salavai is the 5,587,209th most frequently occurring surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 607,295,493 people. The surname Salavai occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Salavai reside; 92 percent reside in South Asia and 83 percent reside in Indo-South Asia.
The surname is most frequent in India, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 76,706,538. In India it is primarily found in: Maharashtra, where 60 percent live and Gujarat, where 40 percent live. Barring India this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 8 percent live and The Solomon Islands, where 8 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salavai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salavai in the Marathi language | ||
| साळवै | salavai | 80 |
| साळवी | salavi | 20 |
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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 Salavai
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