Salmawi Surname

3,228,735th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 37 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Salmawi Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salmawi Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran241:3,199,27294,565
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
France21:33,211,361423,184
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Germany11:80,505,459560,955

Salmawi (68) may also be a first name.

Salmawi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Salmawi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Salmawi is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salmawi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Salmawi is the 3,228,735th most numerous surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 196,960,700 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 65 percent of Salmawi live; 65 percent live in South Asia and 65 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Salmawi is also the 1,181,159th most widespread forename globally It is held by 68 people.

The surname is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is held by 24 people, or 1 in 3,199,272. In Iran Salmawi is mostly found in: Fars Province, where 92 percent live, Bushehr Province, where 4 percent live and Khuzestan Province, where 4 percent live. Not including Iran Salmawi occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Egypt, where 24 percent live and France, where 5 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salmabi86176/
Salmawy86165/
Salmawa8619/
Salmawe864/
Salmavi862/
Jalmawi861/
Salmabai806/
Salmabhi801/
Chalmawii751/
Salmave711/
Zalmawy711/
Salmabee678/
Calmațui671/
Shalmava671/
Solmabai671/
Salmovich632/
Shalmabee632/
Soulmabai631/
Çalmabay5316/
Salmovoy531/
Zalmouva531/

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Salmawi
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