Salunda Surname

1,894,523rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 96 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Zambia
Highest density in:
Zambia

Salunda Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salunda Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Zambia471:337,23218,059
DR Congo271:2,736,280122,818
Malawi91:1,902,12319,532
Malaysia81:3,686,778134,908
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Tanzania21:26,470,806111,653
Angola11:26,989,21411,853

Salunda (14) may also be a first name.

Salunda Last Name Facts

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

The surname Salunda has its highest incidence in Zambia. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Salunda? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 1,894,523rd most widespread family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 75,911,937 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 90 percent of Salunda are found; 59 percent are found in Southern Africa and 58 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. Salunda is also the 3,024,661st most frequent given name at a global level. It is borne by 14 people.

It is most frequently used in Zambia, where it is borne by 47 people, or 1 in 337,232. In Zambia it is most numerous in: Copperbelt Province, where 55 percent are found, Lusaka Province, where 40 percent are found and North-Western Province, where 4 percent are found. Apart from Zambia it occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in The DR Congo, where 28 percent are found and Malawi, where 9 percent are found.

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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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  • 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 Salunda
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