Sholayan Surname
Approximately 167 people bear this surname
Sholayan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 163 | 1:332,379 | 31,027 |
| India | 2 | 1:383,532,691 | 1,645,216 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
Sholayan Demographics
Average Sholayan Salary in
South Africa
R 318,792
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Sholayan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sholayan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sholayan (Marathi: शॉलयन) is carried by more people in South Africa than any other country or territory. It may occur as:. For other potential spellings of Sholayan click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sholayan? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,338,236th most numerous family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 43,637,999 people. The surname Sholayan occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Sholayan live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa.
This surname is most frequently used in South Africa, where it is held by 163 people, or 1 in 332,379. In South Africa it is primarily found in: KwaZulu-Natal, where 93 percent are found and Eastern Cape, where 7 percent are found. Besides South Africa Sholayan occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in India, where 1 percent are found and Nigeria, where 1 percent are found.
Sholayan Last Name Statistics demography
Sholayan earn significantly more than the average income. In South Africa they earn 34.15% more than the national average, earning R 318,792 per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sholayan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sholayan in the Marathi language | ||
| शॉलयन | solayana | - |
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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 Sholayan
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