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 occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saliau? popularity and diffusion
The last name Saliau is the 730,373rd most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by around 1 in 18,356,539 people. The last name Saliau is mostly found in Africa, where 66 percent of Saliau live; 66 percent live in West Africa and 66 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Saliau is also the 844,248th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 122 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Nigeria, where it is held by 264 people, or 1 in 670,995. In Nigeria it is most common in: Zamfara, where 29 percent reside, Kano, where 21 percent reside and Kaduna, where 13 percent reside. Excluding Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 33 percent reside and India, 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 Saliau
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