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
Salige (Oriya: ସାଲିେଗ) is carried by more people in Tanzania than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salige? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 581,222nd most numerous last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,495,455 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Salige live; 96 percent live in East Africa and 96 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 956,749th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, held by 98 people.
The surname Salige is most prevalent in Tanzania, where it is borne by 519 people, or 1 in 102,007. In Tanzania Salige is most prevalent in: Mara Region, where 44 percent are found, Mwanza Region, where 35 percent are found and Shinyanga Region, where 20 percent are found. Besides Tanzania it is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 1 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent are found.
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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