Salestine Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Salestine Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salestine Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria41:44,285,690437,567
Tanzania41:13,235,40384,310
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372

Salestine (131) may also be a first name.

Salestine Last Name Facts

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

The last name Salestine occurs in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salestine? popularity and diffusion

The last name Salestine is the 6,360,413th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The surname Salestine is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Salestine are found; 56 percent are found in East Africa and 56 percent are found in East Bantu Africa. Salestine is also the 811,108th most frequently used forename throughout the world, borne by 131 people.

The surname Salestine is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Salestine is most common in: Oyo, where 75 percent reside and Kogi, where 25 percent reside. Apart from Nigeria it exists in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 44 percent reside and Kenya, where 11 percent reside.

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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 Salestine
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