Salitu Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Salitu Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 84 | 1:2,108,842 | 73,007 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
Salitu (738) may also be a first name.
Salitu Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salitu Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salitu occurs most in Nigeria. It can occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Salitu? popularity and diffusion
Salitu is the 2,034,059th most common last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 85,735,834 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Salitu live; 99 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Salitu is also the 302,944th most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 738 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is borne by 84 people, or 1 in 2,108,842. In Nigeria Salitu is mostly concentrated in: Lagos, where 19 percent live, Oyo, where 18 percent live and Kogi, where 13 percent live. Not including Nigeria this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Italy, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salittu | 92 | 32 | / |
| Sahlitu | 92 | 9 | / |
| Salitou | 92 | 7 | / |
| Sailitu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Salithu | 92 | 1 | / |
| Calitu | 83 | 78 | / |
| Saletu | 83 | 76 | / |
| Salutu | 83 | 24 | / |
| Selitu | 83 | 1 | / |
| Chalitu | 77 | 2,576 | / |
| Salethu | 77 | 8 | / |
| Jalitus | 77 | 4 | / |
| Djalitu | 77 | 4 | / |
| Saletau | 77 | 3 | / |
| Sahletu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shaletu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zalitou | 77 | 1 | / |
| Saaletu | 77 | 1 | / |
| Zallitou | 71 | 1 | / |
| Souliotou | 67 | 93 | / |
| Selutu | 67 | 31 | / |
| Jalaistus | 67 | 9 | / |
| Zalutu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Călitu | 67 | 5 | / |
| Chalistus | 67 | 4 | / |
| Caletu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Seletu | 67 | 2 | / |
| Saletù | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaletu | 62 | 2,254 | / |
| Zaletus | 62 | 16 | / |
| Solletu | 62 | 3 | / |
| Chalethu | 57 | 2 | / |
| Saleetoo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Salaytoo | 57 | 1 | / |
| Coletu | 50 | 3 | / |
| Djoulaitou | 50 | 3 | / |
| Zeletu | 50 | 1 | / |
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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 Salitu
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis