Salmai Surname
Approximately 225 people bear this surname
Salmai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 88 | 1:1,502,832 | 101,066 |
| Niger | 60 | 1:319,867 | 9,444 |
| Papua New Guinea | 35 | 1:232,963 | 32,024 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Ukraine | 14 | 1:3,251,621 | 182,804 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Salmai (4,246) may also be a first name.
Salmai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salmai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salmai (Hindi: सलमै, Marathi: सलमाबी, Tibetan: ཤཱལ་མའི་) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salmai? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,092,155th most widely held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 32,389,093 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 44 percent of Salmai live; 39 percent live in Southeast Asia and 39 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Salmai is also the 106,345th most frequently held first name worldwide, borne by 4,246 people.
The surname Salmai is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 88 people, or 1 in 1,502,832. In Indonesia Salmai is most prevalent in: East Nusa Tenggara, where 100 percent live. Beside Indonesia this surname is found in 8 countries. It is also common in Niger, where 27 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salmai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salmai in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤཱལ་མའི་ | shalmé | - |
| Salmai in the Hindi language | ||
| सलमै | salamai | - |
| Salmai in the Marathi language | ||
| सलमाबी | salamabi | - |
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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 Salmai
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