Saljan Surname
Approximately 85 people bear this surname
Saljan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 61 | 1:2,168,020 | 133,281 |
| Pakistan | 10 | 1:17,864,388 | 68,137 |
| India | 5 | 1:153,413,076 | 951,030 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Šaljan (30) are calculated separately.
Saljan (165) may also be a first name.
Saljan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saljan Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saljan (Hindi: सलजन) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Šaljan. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saljan? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,034,059th most commonly occurring last name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 85,735,834 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 79 percent of Saljan live; 53 percent live in Southeast Asia and 53 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 712,876th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 165 people.
The last name Saljan is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is carried by 61 people, or 1 in 2,168,020. In Indonesia Saljan is most numerous in: West Java, where 74 percent live and West Papua, where 26 percent live. Besides Indonesia it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Pakistan, where 12 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saljan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saljan in the Hindi language | ||
| सलजन | salajana | 33.33 |
| सालजन | salajana | 33.33 |
| सल्जन | saljana | 33.33 |
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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 Saljan
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