Salayah Surname
Approximately 32 people bear this surname
Salayah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberia | 28 | 1:157,448 | 11,209 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Salayah (47) may also be a first name.
Salayah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salayah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salayah occurs in Liberia more than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Salayah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salayah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Salayah is the 3,485,539th most commonly used last name internationally It is held by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Salayah are found; 88 percent are found in West Africa and 88 percent are found in Anglo-West Africa. Salayah is also the 1,467,136th most frequently held first name internationally. It is borne by 47 people.
The last name is most commonly held in Liberia, where it is held by 28 people, or 1 in 157,448. In Liberia it is primarily found in: Gbarpolu County, where 61 percent live, Bong County, where 32 percent live and Margibi County, where 4 percent live. Barring Liberia it occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 9 percent live and The United States, where 3 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
- 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 Salayah
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