Salwai Surname
Approximately 177 people bear this surname
Salwai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vanuatu | 157 | 1:1,677 | 485 |
| Malaysia | 12 | 1:2,457,852 | 95,442 |
| Germany | 5 | 1:16,101,092 | 397,699 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
Salwai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salwai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salwai (Marathi: साळवी) is more frequently found in Vanuatu than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Salwai click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salwai? popularity and diffusion
Salwai is the 1,286,243rd most frequently occurring family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 41,172,576 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Oceania, where 89 percent of Salwai are found; 89 percent are found in Oceania Islands and 89 percent are found in Vanuatu.
This surname is most widely held in Vanuatu, where it is held by 157 people, or 1 in 1,677. Barring Vanuatu this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 7 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salwai Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salwai in the Marathi language | ||
| साळवी | salavi | - |
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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 Salwai
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