Sallma Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Sallma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Sallma (391) may also be a first name.
Sallma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sallma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sallma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻤﻪ, Hindi: सल्लमा, Marathi: सलमा) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It can also be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Sallma.
How Common Is The Last Name Sallma? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Sallma live; 50 percent live in West Africa and 50 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sallma is also the 437,834th most commonly used forename throughout the world, held by 391 people.
The surname Sallma is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Benue, where 100 percent are found. Aside from Nigeria Sallma is found in 3 countries. It is also common in India, where 25 percent are found and Egypt, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sallma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sallma in the Marathi language | ||
| सलमा | salama | - |
| Sallma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻤﻪ | alsalmh | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﻠﻤﺔ | alslmt | 33.33 |
| Sallma in the Hindi language | ||
| सल्लमा | sallama | 66.67 |
| सालमा | salama | 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 Sallma
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