Salja Surname
Approximately 387 people bear this surname
Salja Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 116 | 1:25,121 | 4,129 |
| Germany | 56 | 1:1,437,597 | 88,094 |
| Sweden | 48 | 1:205,141 | 14,201 |
| Colombia | 29 | 1:1,647,382 | 11,290 |
| Indonesia | 20 | 1:6,612,460 | 283,723 |
| Belgium | 17 | 1:676,273 | 58,718 |
| Kosovo | 13 | 1:143,221 | 6,426 |
| India | 12 | 1:63,922,115 | 578,870 |
| United States | 12 | 1:30,204,911 | 765,334 |
| England | 10 | 1:5,571,806 | 158,774 |
| Austria | 9 | 1:946,159 | 70,786 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Croatia | 7 | 1:604,086 | 40,820 |
| Venezuela | 5 | 1:6,040,815 | 47,898 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Greece | 2 | 1:5,539,895 | 129,142 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
The alternate forms: Šalja (257) are calculated separately.
Salja (442) may also be a first name.
Salja Demographics
Average Salja Salary in
United States
$40,944 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Salja Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salja Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salja occurs in Albania more than any other country/territory. It may also be found as: Šalja. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Salja? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 744,013th most frequent family name throughout the world. It is borne by around 1 in 18,830,868 people. This surname is primarily found in Europe, where 78 percent of Salja live; 37 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 33 percent live in Albano-Europe. Salja is also the 407,699th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, borne by 442 people.
Salja is most frequently occurring in Albania, where it is carried by 116 people, or 1 in 25,121. In Albania Salja is primarily concentrated in: Shkodër County, where 65 percent reside, Elbasan County, where 33 percent reside and Tirana County, where 2 percent reside. Apart from Albania this surname exists in 27 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 14 percent reside and Sweden, where 12 percent reside.
Salja Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Salja surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Salja earn in different countries varies marginally. In Colombia they earn 8.33% less than the national average, earning $20,811,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 5.11% less than the national average, earning $40,944 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.85% less than the national average, earning $47,274 CAD 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 Salja
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