Salua Surname
Approximately 502 people bear this surname
Salua Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 116 | 1:1,140,079 | 81,531 |
| Papua New Guinea | 78 | 1:104,535 | 14,121 |
| Nigeria | 70 | 1:2,530,611 | 83,100 |
| Solomon Islands | 61 | 1:9,509 | 1,630 |
| Uganda | 55 | 1:709,805 | 35,417 |
| New Caledonia | 36 | 1:7,673 | 1,760 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| India | 16 | 1:47,941,586 | 492,263 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Tanzania | 5 | 1:10,588,323 | 75,430 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
The alternate forms: Sálua (1) are calculated separately.
Salua (1,543) may also be a first name.
Salua Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salua Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salua (Hindi: सलुआ, Oriya: ସାଲୁଆ) is borne by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Sálua. For other potential spellings of Salua click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salua? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 614,324th most frequently held family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 14,517,024 people. This last name is primarily found in Oceania, where 35 percent of Salua live; 35 percent live in Oceania Islands and 23 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Salua is also the 197,386th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 1,543 people.
The surname is most prevalent in Indonesia, where it is borne by 116 people, or 1 in 1,140,079. In Indonesia Salua is most common in: Central Sulawesi, where 91 percent live and Gorontalo, where 8 percent live. Other than Indonesia this surname occurs in 22 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 16 percent live and Nigeria, where 14 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salua Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salua in the Hindi language | ||
| सलुआ | salu'a | 90.91 |
| सलूआ | salu'a | 9.09 |
| Salua in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଲୁଆ | salu'a | 61.11 |
| ସଲୁଆ | salu'a | 22.22 |
| ଶାଳୁଆ | salu'a | 5.56 |
| ସାଳୁଆ | salu'a | 5.56 |
| ସାଲୁଆାଇଁ | saluaa'im | 5.56 |
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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
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- 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 Salua
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