Salmana Surname
Approximately 1,522 people bear this surname
Salmana Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Niger | 884 | 1:21,710 | 1,333 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Cameroon | 182 | 1:114,116 | 13,201 |
| Nigeria | 75 | 1:2,361,903 | 79,171 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| Burkina Faso | 43 | 1:426,793 | 6,388 |
| Pakistan | 7 | 1:25,520,555 | 84,222 |
| Algeria | 4 | 1:9,657,888 | 64,782 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Salmanâ (1) are calculated separately.
Salmana (5,489) may also be a first name.
Salmana Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salmana Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Salmana (Arabic: صلماني, Georgian: სალმანა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻠﻤﺎﻧﻪ, Hindi: सलमाना, Marathi: सलमान, Russian: Салмана) is held by more people in Niger than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Salmanâ. For other potential spellings of Salmana click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salmana? popularity and diffusion
Salmana is the 258,507th most widely held last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,788,138 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 95 percent of Salmana are found; 91 percent are found in West Africa and 59 percent are found in Chadic Africa. It is also the 90,655th most frequent first name globally. It is borne by 5,489 people.
This surname is most numerous in Niger, where it is held by 884 people, or 1 in 21,710. In Niger it is most numerous in: Zinder Region, where 77 percent are found, Tahoua Region, where 9 percent are found and Maradi Region, where 9 percent are found. Besides Niger Salmana occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 17 percent are found and Cameroon, where 12 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salmana Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salmana in the Georgian language | ||
| სალმანა | salmana | - |
| Salmana in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻠﻤﺎﻧﻪ | slmanh | - |
| Salmana in the Hindi language | ||
| सलमाना | salamana | 90.84 |
| सलमान | salamana | 6.87 |
| सल्माना | salmana | 0.76 |
| सल्मना | salmana | 0.76 |
| Salmana in the Marathi language | ||
| सलमान | salamana | 62.5 |
| सलमाना | salamana | 37.5 |
| Salmana in the Russian language | ||
| Салмана | salmana | - |
| Salmana in the Arabic language | ||
| صلماني | slmany | - |
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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 Salmana
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