Salinah Surname
Approximately 385 people bear this surname
Salinah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 210 | 1:219,904 | 15,632 |
| Indonesia | 169 | 1:782,540 | 59,655 |
| Malaysia | 5 | 1:5,898,845 | 196,803 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
Salinah (5,978) may also be a first name.
Salinah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salinah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salinah is more commonly found in Kenya than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Salinah.
How Common Is The Last Name Salinah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 746,827th most widely held surname in the world, held by approximately 1 in 18,928,691 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Salinah reside; 55 percent reside in East Africa and 54 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Salinah is also the 85,860th most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 5,978 people.
The surname Salinah is most frequently occurring in Kenya, where it is carried by 210 people, or 1 in 219,904. In Kenya Salinah is most frequent in: Baringo County, where 71 percent reside, Uasin Gishu County, where 25 percent reside and Elgeyo Marakwet County, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Kenya Salinah is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 44 percent reside and Malaysia, where 1 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 Salinah
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