Saliau Surname
Approximately 397 people bear this surname
Saliau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 264 | 1:670,995 | 31,276 |
| Papua New Guinea | 132 | 1:61,771 | 8,000 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Saliau (122) may also be a first name.
Saliau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saliau Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saliau is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saliau? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 730,373rd most frequently held family name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. The surname Saliau occurs mostly in Africa, where 66 percent of Saliau live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 844,248th most frequently occurring first name at a global level. It is borne by 122 people.
This last name is most common in Nigeria, where it is held by 264 people, or 1 in 670,995. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Zamfara, where 29 percent are found, Kano, where 21 percent are found and Kaduna, where 13 percent are found. Excluding Nigeria this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent are found and India, where 0 percent are found.
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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 Saliau
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