Salaw Surname
Approximately 1,277 people bear this surname
Salaw Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 864 | 1:205,026 | 12,246 |
| Niger | 245 | 1:78,335 | 3,423 |
| Germany | 79 | 1:1,019,056 | 69,716 |
| Philippines | 41 | 1:2,469,225 | 130,198 |
| Malaysia | 16 | 1:1,843,389 | 74,511 |
| Austria | 10 | 1:851,544 | 67,454 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
Salaw (304) may also be a first name.
Salaw Demographics
Salaw Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Salaw Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salaw Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salaw is found most frequently in Nigeria. It can appear as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salaw? popularity and diffusion
The surname Salaw is the 298,199th most widespread family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 5,706,770 people. Salaw occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Salaw live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 68 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Salaw is also the 504,994th most numerous first name internationally. It is borne by 304 people.
This surname is most frequently held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 864 people, or 1 in 205,026. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Borno, where 75 percent live, Lagos, where 6 percent live and Oyo, where 5 percent live. Outside of Nigeria this surname occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 19 percent live and Germany, where 6 percent live.
Salaw Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Salaw surname is principally Muslim (99%) in Nigeria.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Salaw
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