Salkani Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Greece

Salkani Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salkani Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Salkani (45) may also be a first name.

Salkani Last Name Facts

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

The last name Salkani (Hindi: सलकानी) occurs more in India more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Salkani? popularity and diffusion

Salkani is the 8,193,072nd most commonly occurring family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Salkani are found; 80 percent are found in South Asia and 60 percent are found in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 1,504,468th most widely held first name world-wide It is held by 45 people.

This surname is most commonly used in India, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 255,688,461. In India Salkani is primarily found in: Telangana, where 33 percent live and Uttar Pradesh, where 33 percent live. Not including India this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Greece, where 20 percent live and Pakistan, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Salkani Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salkani in the Hindi language
सलकानीsalakani-

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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 Salkani
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