Salif Surname
Approximately 3,523 people bear this surname
Salif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bulgaria | 872 | 1:8,003 | 957 |
| Ivory Coast | 721 | 1:31,999 | 2,155 |
| Nigeria | 367 | 1:482,678 | 24,238 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Ghana | 277 | 1:97,548 | 9,187 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Philippines | 214 | 1:473,076 | 56,884 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| Niger | 53 | 1:362,114 | 10,354 |
| France | 52 | 1:1,277,360 | 130,443 |
| Mauritania | 35 | 1:116,996 | 6,922 |
| Burkina Faso | 30 | 1:611,737 | 7,703 |
| Turkey | 25 | 1:3,112,857 | 87,657 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| United States | 18 | 1:20,136,607 | 622,629 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Belgium | 5 | 1:2,299,329 | 106,824 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Togo | 4 | 1:1,811,942 | 8,122 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Benin | 4 | 1:2,583,900 | 73,293 |
| Yemen | 4 | 1:6,606,324 | 25,896 |
| Senegal | 3 | 1:4,859,781 | 6,822 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
Salif (113,822) may also be a first name.
Salif Demographics
Average Salif Salary in
United States
$47,300 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Salif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Salif (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻟﻴﻒ, Hindi: सलीफ, Marathi: सलीफ, Russian: Салиф) is more frequently found in Bulgaria than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salif? popularity and diffusion
It is the 128,622nd most commonly used family name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 2,068,563 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 54 percent of Salif reside; 41 percent reside in West Africa and 30 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 9,044th most commonly used forename worldwide, held by 113,822 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 872 people, or 1 in 8,003. In Bulgaria it is mostly concentrated in: Kardzhali Province, where 62 percent reside, Haskovo Province, where 23 percent reside and Plovdiv Province, where 9 percent reside. Beside Bulgaria this surname is found in 48 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 20 percent reside and Nigeria, where 10 percent reside.
Salif Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Salif last name are 6.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 60% being registered with the political party.
Salif earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.62% more than the national average, earning $47,300 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salif Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salif in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻟﻴﻒ | salyf | 86.16 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻒ | salf | 12.99 |
| ﺻﺎﻟﻒ | salf | 0.28 |
| ﺳﺎﻳﻒ | sayf | 0.28 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻔﻮ | salfw | 0.28 |
| Salif in the Marathi language | ||
| सलीफ | salipha | 60 |
| सालीफ | salipha | 20 |
| सलीम | salima | 13.33 |
| सलीफ़ | salifa | 6.67 |
| Salif in the Hindi language | ||
| सलीफ | salipha | 52.38 |
| सालिफ | salipha | 38.1 |
| सलिफ | salipha | 4.76 |
| सालीफ | salipha | 4.76 |
| Salif in the Russian language | ||
| Салиф | salif | - |
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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
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- 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 Salif
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