Saleka Surname
Approximately 171 people bear this surname
Saleka Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR Congo | 82 | 1:900,970 | 60,382 |
| Indonesia | 37 | 1:3,574,303 | 189,798 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Zimbabwe | 13 | 1:1,187,557 | 68,998 |
| Tanzania | 8 | 1:6,617,702 | 68,742 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Niger | 4 | 1:4,798,004 | 75,547 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Saleka (2,011) may also be a first name.
Saleka Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saleka Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saleka (Bengali: সালেকা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻜﻪ, Hindi: सलेका, Marathi: सालेका, Oriya: ସାେଲକା) is borne by more people in The DR Congo than any other country or territory. It can also occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Saleka click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saleka? popularity and diffusion
Saleka is the 1,315,412th most commonly held family name worldwide It is held by around 1 in 42,617,228 people. This surname is primarily found in Africa, where 68 percent of Saleka are found; 48 percent are found in Central Africa and 48 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 168,512th most commonly held first name globally It is held by 2,011 people.
It is most commonly occurring in The DR Congo, where it is borne by 82 people, or 1 in 900,970. Barring The DR Congo this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 22 percent live and India, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saleka Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saleka in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାେଲକା | saelaka | - |
| Saleka in the Bengali language | ||
| সালেকা | saleka | 85.71 |
| ছালেকা | chaleka | 9.52 |
| সালেখা | salekha | 4.76 |
| Saleka in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻜﻪ | alsalkh | 80.12 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻜﺔ | alsalkt | 13.45 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻜﻪ | salkh | 2.92 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻚ | alsalk | 1.17 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻠﻜﻪ | alslkh | 0.58 |
| ﺃﺳﺎﻟﻜﻪ | asalkh | 0.58 |
| ﺳﻠﻜﻪ | slkh | 0.58 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻛﻪ | alsakh | 0.58 |
| Saleka in the Hindi language | ||
| सलेका | saleka | 75 |
| सालेका | saleka | 25 |
| Saleka in the Marathi language | ||
| सालेका | saleka | 44.44 |
| सलेका | saleka | 33.33 |
| साळेकर | salekara | 22.22 |
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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 Saleka
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