Salmé Surname
Approximately 8 people bear this surname
Salmé Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Salme (6,391), Salmè (33) & Šalme (1) are calculated separately.
Salmé (15) may also be a first name.
Salmé Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salmé Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salmé occurs more in Italy more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as: Salme, Salmè or Šalme. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Salmé? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 6,723,624th most frequently occurring last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Salmé live; 38 percent live in West Asia and 38 percent live in Levant. Salmé is also the 2,900,335th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 15 people.
The surname Salmé is most frequently held in Italy, where it is held by 3 people, or 1 in 20,385,563. In Italy Salmé is most prevalent in: Sicily, where 67 percent live and Valle d'Aosta, where 33 percent live. Without taking into account Italy this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Lebanon, where 38 percent live and Canada, where 13 percent live.
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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 Salmé
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