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
Salja is carried by more people in Albania than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant: Šalja. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salja? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 744,013th most numerous family name at a global level It is held by approximately 1 in 18,830,868 people. It is mostly found in Europe, where 78 percent of Salja reside; 37 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 33 percent reside in Albano-Europe. It is also the 407,699th most numerous first name on earth, borne by 442 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Albania, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 25,121. In Albania Salja is most prevalent in: Shkodër County, where 65 percent reside, Elbasan County, where 33 percent reside and Tirana County, where 2 percent reside. Without taking into account Albania this surname occurs 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 bearing the Salja last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75% registered with 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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