Salisu Surname
Approximately 680,372 people bear this surname
Salisu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 677,293 | 1:262 | 27 |
| Ghana | 2,702 | 1:10,000 | 1,345 |
| Cameroon | 107 | 1:194,103 | 20,154 |
| Indonesia | 62 | 1:2,133,052 | 131,589 |
| England | 60 | 1:928,634 | 47,428 |
| United States | 51 | 1:7,107,038 | 327,397 |
| Saudi Arabia | 9 | 1:3,428,424 | 32,607 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Wales | 9 | 1:343,837 | 18,086 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Canada | 6 | 1:6,140,932 | 260,641 |
| Brazil | 6 | 1:35,679,055 | 486,536 |
| Sierra Leone | 4 | 1:1,772,408 | 958 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| South Africa | 3 | 1:18,059,235 | 248,362 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Gambia | 1 | 1:1,923,451 | 1,043 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
Salisu (600,380) may also be a first name.
Salisu Demographics
Average Salisu Salary in
United States
$39,730 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Salisu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salisu Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Salisu is carried by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salisu? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 782nd most widely held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 10,711 people. The last name Salisu occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Salisu are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Salisu is also the 1,654th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 600,380 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Nigeria, where it is carried by 677,293 people, or 1 in 262. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Kano, where 24 percent reside, Katsina, where 22 percent reside and Kaduna, where 8 percent reside. Not including Nigeria this surname exists in 38 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 0 percent reside and Cameroon, where 0 percent reside.
Salisu Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
Salisu earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 7.92% less than the national average, earning $39,730 USD per year.
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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 Salisu
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