Salpana Surname

1,817,111th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 103 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Cameroon
Highest density in:
Cameroon

Salpana Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salpana Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Cameroon661:314,68329,051
Indonesia281:4,723,186228,527
India61:127,844,230863,365
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230

The alternate forms: Salpaña (8) are calculated separately.

Salpana (334) may also be a first name.

Salpana Last Name Facts

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

Salpana (Bengali: সল্পনা, Hindi: सल्पना, Oriya: ପୁେଟଲ, Tibetan: སལ་པ་ན་) is found most frequently in Cameroon. It may also occur as: Salpaña. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Salpana? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,817,111th most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 70,752,873 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 64 percent of Salpana live; 32 percent live in Central Africa and 32 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Salpana is also the 478,963rd most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 334 people.

The surname is most frequent in Cameroon, where it is carried by 66 people, or 1 in 314,683. In Cameroon Salpana is mostly concentrated in: North Region, where 50 percent live, Centre Region, where 26 percent live and Adamawa Region, where 24 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this last name exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in Indonesia, where 27 percent live and India, where 6 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Salpana Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salpana in the Tibetan language
སལ་པ་ན་salpana-
Salpana in the Hindi language
सल्पनाsalpana-
Salpana in the Bengali language
সল্পনাsalpana66.67
স্বলপণাsbalapana33.33
Salpana in the Oriya language
ପୁେଟଲpuetala50
ଦଳାଇdala'i50

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Salpana
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