Salmis Surname
Approximately 27 people bear this surname
Salmis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 19 | 1:107,897 | 15,192 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
The alternate forms: Salmiş (222) & Šalmis (1) are calculated separately.
Salmis (78) may also be a first name.
Salmis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salmis Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salmis is most common in Latvia. It can also appear as a variant: Salmiş or Šalmis. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salmis? popularity and diffusion
It is the 3,798,600th most frequently occurring last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 269,909,108 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 81 percent of Salmis live; 70 percent live in Northern Europe and 70 percent live in Baltic Europe. It is also the 1,091,646th most frequently used first name worldwide, borne by 78 people.
The last name is most numerous in Latvia, where it is carried by 19 people, or 1 in 107,897. In Latvia it is most frequent in: Riga Planning Region, where 100 percent are found. Excluding Latvia it occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Argentina, where 7 percent are found and Brazil, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Salmis
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