Salmas Surname
Approximately 676 people bear this surname
Salmas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 367 | 1:30,190 | 4,678 |
| Turkey | 83 | 1:937,607 | 43,462 |
| United States | 72 | 1:5,034,152 | 256,679 |
| Iran | 64 | 1:1,199,727 | 51,798 |
| Canada | 31 | 1:1,188,567 | 86,017 |
| France | 16 | 1:4,151,420 | 237,746 |
| Australia | 15 | 1:1,799,713 | 85,184 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 7 | 1:7,174,098 | 302,835 |
The alternate forms: Salmáš (8) are calculated separately.
Salmas (187) may also be a first name.
Salmas Demographics
Average Salmas Salary in
United States
$47,582 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Salmas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salmas Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salmas (Arabic: سلماس, Hindi: सलमास्, Marathi: सलमान) is more frequently found in Greece than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Salmáš. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salmas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 490,085th most prevalent family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 10,780,393 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 59 percent of Salmas are found; 54 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 54 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 665,130th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, held by 187 people.
This last name is most widespread in Greece, where it is held by 367 people, or 1 in 30,190. In Greece Salmas is most prevalent in: Western Greece, where 53 percent are found, Attica, where 27 percent are found and Central Macedonia, where 12 percent are found. Beside Greece Salmas is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 12 percent are found and The United States, where 11 percent are found.
Salmas Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Salmas has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Salmas surname rose 1,029 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Salmas Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Salmas surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Salmas earn in different countries varies greatly. In Colombia they earn 89.84% more than the national average, earning $43,099,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.27% more than the national average, earning $47,582 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.52% more than the national average, earning $60,374 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salmas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salmas in the Marathi language | ||
| सलमान | salamana | - |
| Salmas in the Hindi language | ||
| सलमास् | salamas | 36.36 |
| सलमस | salamasa | 27.27 |
| सलमास | salamasa | 18.18 |
| सलमा | salama | 9.09 |
| सालमस | salamasa | 9.09 |
| Salmas in the Arabic language | ||
| سلماس | slmas | - |
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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 Salmas
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