Šalej Surname
Approximately 136 people bear this surname
Šalej Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 135 | 1:18,427 | 4,225 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
The alternate forms: Salej (376) are calculated separately.
Šalej Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šalej Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Šalej has its highest incidence in Slovenia. It can occur as a variant: Salej. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šalej? popularity and diffusion
The surname Šalej is the 1,527,735th most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 53,584,896 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šalej reside; 100 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 100 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
The surname is most common in Slovenia, where it is held by 135 people, or 1 in 18,427. In Slovenia it is most numerous in: Savinja, where 58 percent are found, Central Slovenia, where 26 percent are found and Upper Carniola, where 15 percent are found. Beside Slovenia it is found in one country. It also occurs in Serbia, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Salej | 93 | 376 | / |
| Šale | 89 | 111 | / |
| Šalaj | 80 | 69 | / |
| Šaule | 80 | 46 | / |
| Šaler | 80 | 43 | / |
| Šalec | 80 | 24 | / |
| Šelej | 80 | 13 | / |
| Zalej | 80 | 12 | / |
| Šaloj | 80 | 1 | / |
| Saleji | 73 | 454 | / |
| Szalej | 73 | 113 | / |
| Saleej | 73 | 40 | / |
| Šalgaj | 73 | 37 | / |
| Salejo | 73 | 33 | / |
| Saleja | 73 | 30 | / |
| Šoulej | 73 | 16 | / |
| Šalaja | 73 | 12 | / |
| Šaller | 73 | 11 | / |
| Sailej | 73 | 9 | / |
| Saulej | 73 | 2 | / |
| Saleje | 73 | 2 | / |
| Saleij | 73 | 1 | / |
| Šelejo | 73 | 1 | / |
| Salgej | 73 | 1 | / |
| Salejs | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sallej | 73 | 1 | / |
| Salejh | 73 | 1 | / |
| Sale | 67 | 400,029 | / |
| Zale | 67 | 4,608 | / |
| Xale | 67 | 725 | / |
| Şale | 67 | 592 | / |
| Salejee | 67 | 391 | / |
| Salj | 67 | 268 | / |
| Šala | 67 | 127 | / |
| Šali | 67 | 59 | / |
| Shaleji | 67 | 41 | / |
| Šole | 67 | 36 | / |
| Saileja | 67 | 33 | / |
| Salehji | 67 | 30 | / |
| Šalé | 67 | 27 | / |
| Šaly | 67 | 14 | / |
| Šahtler | 67 | 11 | / |
| Salejie | 67 | 10 | / |
| Šaleová | 67 | 9 | / |
| Sauleji | 67 | 6 | / |
| Çale | 67 | 6 | / |
| Šalý | 67 | 5 | / |
| Saleeja | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shailej | 67 | 4 | / |
| Shaleja | 67 | 4 | / |
| Zallejo | 67 | 3 | / |
| Chaleja | 67 | 2 | / |
| Sallehj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Salejiy | 67 | 1 | / |
| Xalj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Sailesj | 67 | 1 | / |
| Salheji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Šaljová | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chaleji | 67 | 1 | / |
| Zalleja | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shaleej | 67 | 1 | / |
| Šēle | 67 | 1 | / |
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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 Šalej
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