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) is more frequently found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sallma? popularity and diffusion
It is the 6,723,624th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Sallma reside; 50 percent reside in West Africa and 50 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sallma is also the 437,834th most widely held given name worldwide, borne by 391 people.
The surname Sallma is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 44,285,690. In Nigeria Sallma is most frequent in: Benue, where 100 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria this surname exists in 3 countries. It is also found in India, where 25 percent reside and Egypt, where 13 percent reside.
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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