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) occurs in Niger more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms: Salélé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Salele is the 262,597th most commonly held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,881,143 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 43 percent of Salele live; 41 percent live in West Africa and 27 percent live in Chadic Africa. Salele is also the 225,584th most commonly held forename internationally, borne by 1,230 people.
This surname is most commonly held in Niger, where it is carried by 409 people, or 1 in 46,924. In Niger it is most numerous in: Maradi Region, where 52 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 23 percent are found and Zinder Region, where 18 percent are found. Excluding Niger this surname is found in 19 countries. It also occurs 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
- 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 Salele
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