Salaña Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Salaña Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
The alternate forms: Salana (1,539) & Šalana (1) are calculated separately.
Salaña Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salaña Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salaña is most common in The Philippines. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Salana or Šalana. Click here to see other potential spellings of Salaña.
How Common Is The Last Name Salaña? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most widely held last name in the world, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. It is mostly found in Asia, where 63 percent of Salaña are found; 63 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 63 percent are found in Fil-Southeast Asia.
The last name Salaña is most frequently held in The Philippines, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 20,247,645. In The Philippines Salaña is mostly found in: Eastern Visayas, where 40 percent live, National Capital Region, where 40 percent live and Central Luzon, where 20 percent live. Without taking into account The Philippines Salaña occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Peru, where 25 percent live and Venezuela, where 13 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 Salaña
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