Salewi Surname
Approximately 172 people bear this surname
Salewi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 160 | 1:330,885 | 24,859 |
| Indonesia | 8 | 1:16,531,149 | 488,268 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Salewi (36) may also be a first name.
Salewi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salewi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salewi is found most in Tanzania. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salewi? popularity and diffusion
The last name Salewi is the 1,310,135th most frequent family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 42,369,453 people. The surname Salewi is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Salewi live; 93 percent live in East Africa and 93 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,717,090th most common given name throughout the world It is held by 36 people.
This last name is most numerous in Tanzania, where it is borne by 160 people, or 1 in 330,885. In Tanzania it is most numerous in: Kilimanjaro Region, where 45 percent live, Dar es Salaam Region, where 43 percent live and Pwani Region, where 6 percent live. Besides Tanzania this last name is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 5 percent live and England, where 1 percent live.
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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 Salewi
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