Saliyou Surname

6,360,413th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 9 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Malaysia
Highest density in:
Niger

Saliyou Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Saliyou Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Niger31:6,397,33978,839
Burkina Faso11:18,352,10030,051
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406

Saliyou (108) may also be a first name.

Saliyou Last Name Facts

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

The surname Saliyou is held by more people in Malaysia than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Saliyou? popularity and diffusion

Saliyou is the 6,360,413th most numerous surname globally It is held by around 1 in 809,727,324 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 56 percent of Saliyou are found; 44 percent are found in West Africa and 44 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Saliyou is also the 904,892nd most commonly held first name in the world. It is borne by 108 people.

Saliyou is most widely held in Malaysia, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 7,373,556. In Malaysia Saliyou is most common in: Sabah, where 100 percent live. Other than Malaysia it exists in 3 countries. It also occurs in Niger, where 33 percent live and Burkina Faso, where 11 percent live.

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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 Saliyou
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