Salmiah Surname

231,065th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,750 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Salmiah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salmiah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia1,6611:79,6208,443
Kuwait391:97,45410,676
Malaysia321:921,69541,854
United Arab Emirates111:832,93427,512
Jordan41:2,210,60920,372
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Salmiah (28,844) may also be a first name.

Salmiah Last Name Facts

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

The last name Salmiah is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salmiah? popularity and diffusion

Salmiah is the 231,065th most frequently held last name internationally, held by around 1 in 4,164,312 people. The last name Salmiah occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of Salmiah reside; 95 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 95 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Salmiah is also the 28,755th most prevalent first name throughout the world, borne by 28,844 people.

This surname is most widespread in Indonesia, where it is held by 1,661 people, or 1 in 79,620. In Indonesia Salmiah is primarily found in: West Java, where 16 percent reside, East Kalimantan, where 13 percent reside and South Sulawesi, where 10 percent reside. Apart from Indonesia it occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Kuwait, where 2 percent reside and Malaysia, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salmia92868/
Salmiat86162/
Salmyah865/
Salmiha863/
Solmia77252/
Salmio77242/
Salmea7710/
Jalmia772/
Salmya771/
Zalmia771/
Shellmiah751/
Soulmia7112/
Shelmia711/
Salmyat711/
Solmias711/
Jalmaiya671/
Schallmea6316/
Chalmaiya632/
Salmeo62157/
Solmio6225/
Solmea6214/
Colmia622/
Cohlmia57292/
Chalmayya501/

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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 Salmiah
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