Salán Surname
Approximately 29 people bear this surname
Salán Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 19 | 1:2,460,633 | 58,585 |
| Guatemala | 7 | 1:2,297,524 | 6,613 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
The alternate forms: Salan (15,907), Salàn (1) & Sălan (1) are calculated separately.
Salán Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salán Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salán is found in Spain more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Salan, Salàn or Sălan. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salán? popularity and diffusion
Salán is the 3,665,662nd most common family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 251,294,687 people. Salán occurs predominantly in Europe, where 72 percent of Salán live; 66 percent live in Southwestern Europe and 66 percent live in Iberian Europe.
The last name Salán is most commonly held in Spain, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 2,460,633. In Spain it is most numerous in: Catalonia, where 26 percent are found, Madrid, where 26 percent are found and Basque Country, where 16 percent are found. Besides Spain this surname is found in 4 countries. It is also common in Guatemala, where 24 percent are found and Brazil, where 3 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
- 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 Salán
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