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
The surname Salaña is found most in The Philippines. It may also be rendered as: Salana or Šalana. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salaña? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is predominantly 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.
This last name is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 20,247,645. In The Philippines Salaña is most numerous in: Eastern Visayas, where 40 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 40 percent are found and Central Luzon, where 20 percent are found. Not including The Philippines Salaña is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Peru, where 25 percent are found and Venezuela, where 13 percent are found.
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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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