Salam Forename
2,764th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 376,717 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Burkina Faso
Salam Forename Definition:
Arabic (masculine) - Peace.
Salam Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 68% | 98,391 | 1:12,347 | 1,702 |
| Iraq | 100% | 65,778 | 1:532 | 126 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 37,908 | 1:485 | 86 |
| Indonesia | 96% | 29,377 | 1:8,781 | 1,183 |
| Yemen | - | 21,503 | 1:1,223 | 201 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 12,239 | 1:2,518 | 422 |
| Pakistan | 74% | 11,966 | 1:16,242 | 1,452 |
| Syria | - | 10,055 | 1:1,920 | 335 |
| Jordan | 85% | 9,289 | 1:950 | 233 |
| Lebanon | 88% | 8,879 | 1:634 | 121 |
| Bangladesh | 96% | 8,523 | 1:18,710 | 2,156 |
| Afghanistan | 80% | 7,545 | 1:4,324 | 627 |
| Egypt | 78% | 7,179 | 1:12,801 | 1,147 |
| Iran | 100% | 6,406 | 1:12,254 | 866 |
| Nigeria | 95% | 4,937 | 1:35,966 | 2,978 |
| Philippines | 67% | 4,520 | 1:23,453 | 2,299 |
| Palestine | 80% | 4,300 | 1:1,058 | 252 |
| Nepal | 83% | 3,732 | 1:7,633 | 924 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,776 | 1:13,619 | 1,511 |
| Libya | - | 1,836 | 1:3,389 | 568 |
| Morocco | 100% | 1,638 | 1:20,970 | 1,262 |
| Russia | 99% | 1,600 | 1:90,146 | 1,771 |
| Ethiopia | 70% | 1,387 | 1:70,339 | 5,764 |
| Oman | 100% | 1,285 | 1:3,197 | 452 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,215 | 1:13,973 | 1,093 |
| Malaysia | 87% | 1,190 | 1:25,588 | 2,452 |
| United States | 62% | 1,167 | 1:310,657 | 9,594 |
| Azerbaijan | 99% | 930 | 1:10,369 | 1,306 |
| Niger | 54% | 848 | 1:22,623 | 1,557 |
| Ghana | 100% | 787 | 1:34,290 | 2,099 |
| Somalia | - | 718 | 1:18,838 | 1,424 |
| Cameroon | 73% | 689 | 1:31,365 | 2,391 |
| Somaliland | - | 668 | 1:5,242 | 496 |
| Sweden | 76% | 509 | 1:19,367 | 1,373 |
| England | 92% | 370 | 1:150,278 | 4,922 |
| Togo | - | 330 | 1:21,937 | 3,753 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 329 | 1:21,739 | 2,216 |
| Bahrain | - | 296 | 1:4,556 | 731 |
| Canada | 100% | 296 | 1:111,937 | 5,429 |
| Cambodia | 62% | 290 | 1:56,115 | 3,226 |
| Thailand | 86% | 273 | 1:256,651 | 15,428 |
| Algeria | 88% | 271 | 1:140,874 | 2,759 |
| Kuwait | - | 199 | 1:19,021 | 2,052 |
| Ivory Coast | 96% | 176 | 1:131,113 | 7,393 |
| Benin | 100% | 171 | 1:61,847 | 4,532 |
| France | 90% | 168 | 1:395,657 | 4,761 |
| Uganda | 78% | 156 | 1:262,544 | 8,063 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 114 | 1:73,464 | 2,601 |
| Germany | 84% | 107 | 1:903,532 | 7,404 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 97 | 1:317,386 | 6,177 |
| DR Congo | 93% | 96 | 1:769,038 | 24,327 |
| Senegal | 79% | 92 | 1:158,493 | 3,603 |
| Djibouti | - | 87 | 1:10,525 | 817 |
| Brazil | 100% | 77 | 1:2,782,288 | 52,709 |
| Spain | 75% | 67 | 1:694,477 | 7,394 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 83% | 57 | 1:104,794 | 6,820 |
| Norway | 100% | 57 | 1:90,041 | 3,038 |
| Denmark | - | 54 | 1:104,620 | 2,976 |
| Papua New Guinea | 54% | 48 | 1:169,840 | 14,736 |
| Liberia | 79% | 43 | 1:102,606 | 4,435 |
| Netherlands | 95% | 41 | 1:412,246 | 11,096 |
| Greece | 100% | 39 | 1:280,373 | 4,908 |
| Austria | 100% | 34 | 1:250,418 | 3,323 |
| Venezuela | 97% | 34 | 1:888,291 | 19,863 |
| Qatar | 75% | 31 | 1:76,439 | 9,122 |
| Tanzania | 50% | 30 | 1:1,759,611 | 21,659 |
| Finland | 77% | 28 | 1:195,828 | 3,377 |
| Italy | 87% | 28 | 1:2,180,789 | 14,677 |
| South Africa | 75% | 28 | 1:1,947,595 | 58,611 |
| Ukraine | 90% | 27 | 1:1,685,182 | 4,553 |
| Australia | - | 24 | 1:569,068 | 8,566 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 23 | 1:29,431 | 1,879 |
| Mauritania | 76% | 21 | 1:195,011 | 5,838 |
| Switzerland | 82% | 20 | 1:410,675 | 7,094 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 14 | 1:1,267,632 | 12,179 |
| Zimbabwe | 80% | 14 | 1:1,101,701 | 37,489 |
| Mexico | 73% | 13 | 1:9,549,571 | 29,766 |
| Maldives | 100% | 10 | 1:43,390 | 1,460 |
| Malawi | 100% | 9 | 1:1,901,368 | 9,999 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 9 | 1:2,311,010 | 7,931 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Belarus | 100% | 8 | 1:1,185,298 | 6,117 |
| Belgium | 100% | 8 | 1:1,436,255 | 15,198 |
| Israel | 59% | 8 | 1:1,050,365 | 14,379 |
| Armenia | 100% | 7 | 1:416,965 | 5,243 |
| Wales | 67% | 7 | 1:442,044 | 5,971 |
| Georgia | 71% | 6 | 1:623,078 | 10,501 |
| Belize | 100% | 5 | 1:70,862 | 4,575 |
| China | - | 5 | 1:273,211,156 | 75,889 |
| Singapore | - | 5 | 1:1,257,411 | 16,611 |
| Turkey | 67% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Chad | 100% | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Congo | 100% | 4 | 1:1,252,301 | 19,043 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Poland | 84% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Scotland | 100% | 4 | 1:1,337,592 | 11,885 |
| Guinea | - | 3 | 1:3,952,882 | 6,312 |
| Hungary | 75% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Argentina | 100% | 2 | 1:21,386,622 | 29,627 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 2 | 1:1,762,229 | 6,852 |
| Bulgaria | - | 2 | 1:3,495,195 | 19,668 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Cuba | - | 2 | 1:5,753,276 | 9,613 |
| Hong Kong | - | 2 | 1:3,876,362 | 13,851 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Peru | 100% | 2 | 1:15,895,727 | 74,652 |
| Romania | - | 2 | 1:10,025,988 | 47,037 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Albania | - | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Colombia | 100% | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Czechia | 100% | 1 | 1:10,656,162 | 11,509 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Kosovo | - | 1 | 1:1,861,440 | 22,170 |
| Latvia | - | 1 | 1:2,015,645 | 6,531 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Paraguay | - | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 1 | 1:1,361,419 | 34,512 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Salâm (1) are calculated separately.
Salam (629,464) may also be a surname.
Salam Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Arabic (masculine) - Peace.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Salam Forename Popularity
Salam Demographics
Average Male Salam Height
172.71 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 66 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Salam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salam in the Russian language | ||
| Салам | salam | - |
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