Salinu Surname

2,689,253rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 52 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Salinu Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salinu Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria481:3,690,474107,175
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Salinu (56) may also be a first name.

Salinu Last Name Facts

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

The surname Salinu (Hindi: सलीनू) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Salinu? popularity and diffusion

The surname Salinu is the 2,689,253rd most widely held family name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 140,145,114 people. The last name Salinu is mostly found in Africa, where 92 percent of Salinu live; 92 percent live in West Africa and 92 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Salinu is also the 1,321,957th most frequent first name world-wide, held by 56 people.

It is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is borne by 48 people, or 1 in 3,690,474. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Bauchi, where 42 percent live, Zamfara, where 17 percent live and Sokoto, where 15 percent live. Aside from Nigeria Salinu exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Germany, where 2 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salinus9234/
Salingu9216/
Salinou927/
Salionu921/
Salainu921/
Sailinuu866/
Salingau863/
Salisnou861/
Sallingu861/
Salenu83370/
Solinu831/
Salunu831/
Calinu831/
Jalinu831/
Saulinuha803/
Saligneux800/
Jalinus77183/
Selinou7726/
Solinus773/
Jalignu771/
Salinoe771/
Salunuy771/
Shalunu771/
Solinou771/
Jalinou771/
Callinu771/
Saileanu71329/
Jalinaud7183/
Saeleanu7140/
Jalinous7135/
Zailinus7114/
Djalinus7113/
Jalinoux717/
Sauleanu715/
Chalinut714/
Sohlinou711/
Solinguh711/
Jalinouy711/
Shaleenu711/
Selenu67165/
Sielienou6748/
Solenu6733/
Saehlenou679/
Jolinu673/
Colinu671/
Soulingou671/
Salimù671/

Salinu Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salinu in the Hindi language
सलीनूsalinu-

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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 Salinu
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