Salencia Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mozambique
Highest density in:
Mozambique

Salencia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salencia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861

The alternate forms: Salência (1) are calculated separately.

Salencia (19) may also be a first name.

Salencia Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Salencia Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Salencia is held by more people in Mozambique than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant: Salência. For other potential spellings of Salencia click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salencia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Salencia is the 7,117,718th most common surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Salencia occurs mostly in Africa, where 57 percent of Salencia are found; 57 percent are found in Southern Africa and 57 percent are found in Luso-Southern Africa. It is also the 2,523,061st most widespread first name worldwide. It is borne by 19 people.

The last name is most frequently occurring in Mozambique, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 6,815,392. Barring Mozambique this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also common in Australia, where 14 percent are found and Colombia, where 14 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salência961/
Sallencia943/
Salenca934/
Salencio8826/
Zalencia888/
Xalencia881/
Salenco804/
Salinca801/
Solenca801/
Saulenco7544/
Solencio7534/
Salienco753/
Solnca7129/
Salinchai717/
Solinca6742/
Salinza6727/
Solenza672/
Salenzo671/
Cealenco6327/
Sahlinza635/
Solincio631/

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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 Salencia
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