Saligny Surname

1,637,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 122 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
France
Highest density in:
France

Saligny Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saligny Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
France1211:548,94874,759
Romania11:20,077,87089,414

Saligny Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Saligny Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Saligny is more commonly found in France than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Saligny? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,637,889th most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 59,733,983 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Saligny reside; 99 percent reside in Western Europe and 99 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.

The last name is most prevalent in France, where it is borne by 121 people, or 1 in 548,948. In France it is mostly found in: Hauts-de-France, where 64 percent reside, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, where 24 percent reside and Île-de-France, where 7 percent reside. Outside of France this surname occurs in one country. It also occurs in Romania, where 1 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Soligny86345/
Caligny8675/
Jaligny8665/
Saligne8649/
Seligny8613/
Séligny861/
Saligné861/
Saligna861/
Souligny80241/
Calligny808/
Souligney758/
Salegna71179/
Soligni7155/
Sélégny716/
Caligni712/
Jaligne711/
Soligne711/
Salegni711/
Seligne710/
Soulligney710/
Chaligne67393/
Souligne67109/
Chaligné6715/
Colligny6712/
Solaigne671/
Scalegni671/
Chaloigne6324/
Solegni571/
Coligne570/
Colligni5328/
Coloigne531/

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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 Saligny
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