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
The surname Salmé occurs more in Italy more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Salme, Salmè or Šalme. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salmé? popularity and diffusion
The surname Salmé is the 6,723,624th most commonly held surname in the world, held by around 1 in 910,943,240 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 50 percent of Salmé reside; 38 percent reside in West Asia and 38 percent reside in Levant. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly held first name worldwide. It is borne by 15 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Italy, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 20,385,563. In Italy Salmé is most frequent in: Sicily, where 67 percent live and Valle d'Aosta, where 33 percent live. Excluding Italy this surname occurs 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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