Sallau Surname
Approximately 12,841 people bear this surname
Sallau Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 12,789 | 1:13,851 | 1,397 |
| Indonesia | 40 | 1:3,306,230 | 179,945 |
| Niger | 3 | 1:6,397,339 | 78,839 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
Sallau (13,139) may also be a first name.
Sallau Demographics
Sallau Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Religious Adherence
in Nigeria
Sallau Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sallau Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sallau (Hindi: सल्लौ) occurs in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Sallau click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sallau? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sallau is the 40,781st most commonly occurring family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 567,522 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Sallau are found; 100 percent are found in West Africa and 100 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 50,904th most commonly used forename throughout the world. It is borne by 13,139 people.
The surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is carried by 12,789 people, or 1 in 13,851. In Nigeria Sallau is most numerous in: Kano, where 16 percent reside, Kaduna, where 13 percent reside and Bauchi, where 13 percent reside. Not including Nigeria it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 0 percent reside and Niger, where 0 percent reside.
Sallau Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is predominantly Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sallau Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sallau in the Hindi language | ||
| सल्लौ | sallau | 83.33 |
| सल्लाउ | salla'u | 16.67 |
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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 Sallau
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