Salige Surname
Approximately 540 people bear this surname
Salige Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 519 | 1:102,007 | 9,977 |
| India | 8 | 1:95,883,173 | 728,828 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Salige (98) may also be a first name.
Salige Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salige Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salige (Oriya: ସାଲିେଗ) is found most frequently in Tanzania. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salige? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 581,222nd most numerous last name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 13,495,455 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Salige reside; 96 percent reside in East Africa and 96 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. Salige is also the 956,749th most frequently occurring first name worldwide It is held by 98 people.
It is most commonly used in Tanzania, where it is borne by 519 people, or 1 in 102,007. In Tanzania it is mostly found in: Mara Region, where 44 percent reside, Mwanza Region, where 35 percent reside and Shinyanga Region, where 20 percent reside. Besides Tanzania it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salige Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salige in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଲିେଗ | saliega | 75 |
| ସଲିେଗ | saliega | 25 |
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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 Salige
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