Salta Surname
Approximately 3,415 people bear this surname
Salta Surname User-submission:
Australians with the surname of Salta may descend from the Italian family Saltamaccia. The family moved to Australia in the 1930s and altered their name not long after arrival.
Salta Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 1,694 | 1:59,763 | 10,061 |
| Greece | 326 | 1:33,987 | 5,329 |
| United States | 325 | 1:1,115,258 | 80,547 |
| Turkey | 259 | 1:300,469 | 19,677 |
| Portugal | 236 | 1:44,145 | 2,563 |
| Italy | 136 | 1:449,682 | 47,840 |
| Kazakhstan | 73 | 1:242,226 | 21,508 |
| Indonesia | 53 | 1:2,495,268 | 147,726 |
| Australia | 49 | 1:550,933 | 40,757 |
| Uruguay | 38 | 1:90,309 | 9,090 |
| Argentina | 37 | 1:1,155,227 | 69,250 |
| Nicaragua | 25 | 1:240,844 | 2,724 |
| Qatar | 22 | 1:107,182 | 11,536 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| India | 19 | 1:40,371,862 | 445,856 |
| Brazil | 10 | 1:21,407,433 | 350,627 |
| Latvia | 8 | 1:256,256 | 23,728 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| England | 7 | 1:7,959,723 | 202,100 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Romania | 4 | 1:5,019,468 | 62,922 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 3 | 1:1,990,885 | 79,765 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Saltá (6) & Saltā (1) are calculated separately.
Salta (3,977) may also be a first name.
Salta Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Australians with the surname of Salta may descend from the Italian family Saltamaccia. The family moved to Australia in the 1930s and altered their name not long after arrival.
- moustashleySalta Demographics
Salta Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Salta Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salta Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salta (Arabic: سلطا, Hindi: सालता, Marathi: सालता, Oriya: ସାଲତା, Russian: Салта) has its highest incidence in The Philippines. It can occur in the variant forms: Saltá or Saltā. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salta? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 132,211th most commonly held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 2,133,981 people. The surname Salta occurs predominantly in Asia, where 63 percent of Salta reside; 51 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 49 percent reside in Fil-Southeast Asia. It is also the 110,828th most common first name throughout the world, held by 3,977 people.
Salta is most frequently used in The Philippines, where it is held by 1,694 people, or 1 in 59,763. In The Philippines Salta is mostly concentrated in: Central Luzon, where 69 percent are found, National Capital Region, where 16 percent are found and Calabarzon, where 4 percent are found. Outside of The Philippines this surname exists in 56 countries. It is also found in Greece, where 10 percent are found and The United States, where 10 percent are found.
Salta Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Salta has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Salta last name rose 4,063 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 700 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Salta Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Salta surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
In The United States those bearing the Salta surname are 4.52% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 57.75% being registered with the political party.
The amount Salta earn in different countries varies notably. In Italy they earn 0.83% more than the national average, earning €30,280 per year and in United States they earn 17.62% more than the national average, earning $50,752 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salta Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salta in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଲତା | salata | - |
| Salta in the Marathi language | ||
| सालता | salata | - |
| Salta in the Hindi language | ||
| सालता | salata | 45.05 |
| सलता | salata | 35.14 |
| सल्ता | salta | 13.51 |
| साल्ता | salta | 3.6 |
| सल्टा | salta | 1.8 |
| शाल्टा | salta | 0.9 |
| Salta in the Russian language | ||
| Салта | salta | - |
| Salta in the Arabic language | ||
| سلطا | slta | - |
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