Salewan Surname
Approximately 1,575 people bear this surname
Salewan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 1,568 | 1:8,579 | 636 |
| Philippines | 7 | 1:14,462,603 | 238,248 |
Salewan (620) may also be a first name.
Salewan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salewan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salewan is held by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Salewan? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 251,505th most commonly used family name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 4,627,013 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Salewan live; 100 percent live in East Africa and 100 percent live in Cushitic Africa. Salewan is also the 334,926th most frequently used given name world-wide, borne by 620 people.
Salewan is most commonly occurring in Somalia, where it is held by 1,568 people, or 1 in 8,579. Besides Somalia this last name exists in one country. It is also common in The Philippines, where 0 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 Salewan
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