Saliru Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Uganda

Saliru Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saliru Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria131:13,626,366237,812
Uganda31:13,013,093160,157
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426

Saliru (102) may also be a first name.

Saliru Last Name Facts

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

The surname Saliru (Hindi: सलीरु) is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Saliru? popularity and diffusion

It is the 4,649,889th most prevalent last name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Saliru is primarily found in Africa, where 89 percent of Saliru reside; 72 percent reside in West Africa and 72 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Saliru is also the 935,178th most frequently used first name on earth It is held by 102 people.

The last name Saliru is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is borne by 13 people, or 1 in 13,626,366. In Nigeria Saliru is most frequent in: Niger, where 46 percent live, Bauchi, where 8 percent live and Bayelsa, where 8 percent live. Barring Nigeria this surname is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Uganda, where 17 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salirup9247/
Salirou924/
Salirhu921/
Salliru921/
Salairut862/
Salairus861/
Salhirou861/
Shalliru861/
Salitrup861/
Saluru83515/
Saleru8330/
Jaliru834/
Seliru831/
Shahaliru801/
Salerud7719/
Salluru7718/
Saluruh7717/
Chaliru778/
Salueru777/
Saleuru776/
Shaluru773/
Salleru771/
Jalirou771/
Zalairu771/
Sieliru771/
Saaluru771/
Sallerup7128/
Saleroud7115/
Djalirou711/
Sallerud711/
Jhalirou711/
Jaleru67105/
Seluru6755/
Seleru6739/
Soluru6711/
Shallerud672/

Saliru Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Saliru in the Hindi language
सलीरुsaliru-

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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 Saliru
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