Salele Surname
Approximately 1,493 people bear this surname
Salele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 409 | 1:46,924 | 2,396 |
| Indonesia | 374 | 1:353,607 | 30,566 |
| Samoa | 243 | 1:798 | 243 |
| Nigeria | 202 | 1:876,944 | 38,283 |
| Fiji | 157 | 1:5,697 | 1,113 |
| Philippines | 34 | 1:2,977,595 | 140,497 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Tanzania | 9 | 1:5,882,401 | 60,754 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Solomon Islands | 2 | 1:290,014 | 19,875 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
The alternate forms: Salélé (1) are calculated separately.
Salele (1,230) may also be a first name.
Salele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salele (Marathi: सलेले) is more frequently found in Niger than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Salélé. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salele? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 262,597th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 4,881,143 people. The last name Salele occurs predominantly in Africa, where 43 percent of Salele reside; 41 percent reside in West Africa and 27 percent reside in Chadic Africa. It is also the 225,584th most commonly used first name in the world. It is borne by 1,230 people.
The last name is most common in Niger, where it is borne by 409 people, or 1 in 46,924. In Niger Salele is most prevalent in: Maradi Region, where 52 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 23 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Niger it is found in 19 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 25 percent are found and Samoa, where 16 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salele Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salele in the Marathi language | ||
| सलेले | salele | - |
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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 Salele
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