Salmia Surname

403,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 868 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Finland

Salmia Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salmia Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia4701:281,38125,307
Algeria2841:136,02718,438
Finland751:73,2898,104
Pakistan231:7,767,12541,967
Latvia31:683,34934,074
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915

Salmia (7,188) may also be a first name.

Salmia Last Name Facts

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

The surname Salmia (Arabic: سالميا) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salmia? popularity and diffusion

The last name Salmia is the 403,960th most commonly used family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,395,790 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 57 percent of Salmia reside; 54 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 54 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Salmia is also the 76,281st most numerous forename world-wide, borne by 7,188 people.

It is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is carried by 470 people, or 1 in 281,381. In Indonesia Salmia is mostly concentrated in: South Sulawesi, where 41 percent are found, East Java, where 12 percent are found and East Kalimantan, where 11 percent are found. Apart from Indonesia this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 33 percent are found and Finland, where 9 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salmiah921,750/
Salmiat92162/
Salmiha923/
Solmia83252/
Salmio83242/
Salmea8310/
Jalmia832/
Salmya831/
Zalmia831/
Soulmia7712/
Salmyah775/
Solmias771/
Shelmia771/
Salmyat771/
Jalmaiya711/
Salmeo67157/
Solmio6725/
Schallmea6716/
Solmea6714/
Colmia672/
Chalmaiya672/
Shellmiah671/
Cohlmia62292/
Chalmayya531/
Solmeo50139/
Jalmeo509/

Salmia Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salmia in the Arabic language
سالمياsalmya-

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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 Salmia
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