Salwi Surname
Approximately 332 people bear this surname
Salwi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 206 | 1:641,986 | 50,443 |
| India | 92 | 1:8,337,667 | 172,929 |
| Malaysia | 20 | 1:1,474,711 | 61,770 |
| United States | 8 | 1:45,307,367 | 917,113 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
Salwi (1,104) may also be a first name.
Salwi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salwi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salwi (Marathi: साळवी) is most common in Indonesia. It may also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Salwi? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 832,284th most commonly occurring last name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 21,950,440 people. The surname Salwi occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Salwi are found; 69 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 68 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Salwi is also the 240,121st most frequently occurring forename worldwide, held by 1,104 people.
The last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is carried by 206 people, or 1 in 641,986. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Java, where 29 percent are found, Banten, where 16 percent are found and East Java, where 13 percent are found. Beside Indonesia this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 28 percent are found and Malaysia, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salwi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salwi in the Marathi language | ||
| साळवी | salavi | - |
Search for Another Surname
The name statistics are still in development, sign up for information on more maps and data
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Salwi
- To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on FamilySearch, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis