Salama Forename
4,155th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 253,441 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Oman
Salama Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 61,536 | 1:19,743 | 2,821 |
| Tanzania | 99% | 44,419 | 1:1,188 | 249 |
| Oman | 100% | 16,262 | 1:253 | 35 |
| Uganda | 98% | 15,389 | 1:2,661 | 370 |
| Egypt | 99% | 15,052 | 1:6,106 | 661 |
| Indonesia | 65% | 14,906 | 1:17,306 | 2,477 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 14,484 | 1:494 | 56 |
| Iraq | 100% | 9,825 | 1:3,564 | 521 |
| Jordan | 99% | 8,216 | 1:1,074 | 260 |
| Philippines | 98% | 8,092 | 1:13,101 | 1,622 |
| Nigeria | 88% | 5,789 | 1:30,673 | 2,684 |
| Syria | - | 5,262 | 1:3,669 | 499 |
| Kenya | 100% | 4,468 | 1:10,364 | 1,304 |
| DR Congo | 93% | 4,081 | 1:18,091 | 1,545 |
| Kuwait | - | 3,980 | 1:951 | 149 |
| Palestine | 99% | 3,668 | 1:1,240 | 292 |
| Yemen | - | 2,731 | 1:9,629 | 688 |
| Morocco | 100% | 2,211 | 1:15,535 | 1,054 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 1,574 | 1:19,576 | 2,599 |
| Niger | 92% | 1,271 | 1:15,094 | 1,248 |
| Mali | 100% | 1,215 | 1:13,973 | 1,093 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 1,191 | 1:163,189 | 5,940 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 825 | 1:193,287 | 10,074 |
| France | 100% | 822 | 1:80,864 | 1,973 |
| Burkina Faso | 82% | 759 | 1:24,215 | 2,085 |
| South Africa | 99% | 759 | 1:71,848 | 6,532 |
| Somalia | - | 718 | 1:18,838 | 1,424 |
| Malaysia | 89% | 633 | 1:48,104 | 3,995 |
| Qatar | 71% | 455 | 1:5,208 | 838 |
| Lebanon | 68% | 401 | 1:14,034 | 1,266 |
| Afghanistan | 97% | 375 | 1:86,996 | 3,217 |
| Chad | 60% | 309 | 1:44,008 | 4,322 |
| Malawi | 83% | 233 | 1:73,443 | 4,317 |
| Benin | 100% | 192 | 1:55,083 | 4,170 |
| Thailand | 100% | 148 | 1:473,418 | 22,939 |
| Cameroon | 75% | 127 | 1:170,161 | 7,571 |
| United States | 57% | 123 | 1:2,947,455 | 43,328 |
| Senegal | 91% | 121 | 1:120,507 | 3,144 |
| Algeria | 86% | 103 | 1:370,648 | 4,081 |
| Mauritania | 82% | 89 | 1:46,014 | 2,466 |
| Tunisia | 96% | 81 | 1:8,357 | 922 |
| England | 85% | 70 | 1:794,327 | 14,359 |
| Spain | 100% | 68 | 1:684,264 | 7,354 |
| Sudan | 100% | 49 | 1:771,571 | 2,562 |
| Libya | - | 49 | 1:126,965 | 743 |
| Germany | 60% | 30 | 1:3,222,596 | 15,431 |
| Sweden | 68% | 28 | 1:352,068 | 10,149 |
| Ivory Coast | 70% | 25 | 1:923,037 | 28,068 |
| Papua New Guinea | 70% | 19 | 1:429,069 | 33,046 |
| Ethiopia | 67% | 16 | 1:6,097,508 | 12,067 |
| Madagascar | - | 16 | 1:1,476,838 | 2,504 |
| Canada | 100% | 15 | 1:2,208,891 | 31,635 |
| Maldives | 100% | 15 | 1:28,927 | 1,115 |
| Guinea | - | 10 | 1:1,185,865 | 3,458 |
| Russia | 60% | 9 | 1:16,025,967 | 51,277 |
| Rwanda | - | 9 | 1:1,263,493 | 1,939 |
| Israel | 73% | 9 | 1:933,658 | 13,501 |
| Brazil | 100% | 8 | 1:26,779,519 | 235,888 |
| Belgium | 100% | 8 | 1:1,436,255 | 15,198 |
| Wales | 50% | 7 | 1:442,044 | 5,971 |
| Liberia | 100% | 7 | 1:630,294 | 15,835 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 75% | 7 | 1:853,325 | 20,404 |
| Taiwan | - | 6 | 1:3,961,614 | 68,952 |
| Denmark | - | 6 | 1:941,583 | 11,543 |
| Norway | - | 4 | 1:1,283,082 | 16,224 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 4 | 1:4,068,332 | 35,322 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Georgia | 80% | 4 | 1:934,616 | 13,351 |
| Italy | 63% | 4 | 1:15,265,522 | 38,916 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 4 | 1:4,436,711 | 24,678 |
| Guyana | - | 3 | 1:254,421 | 14,062 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3 | 1:3,214,315 | 27,427 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,675,183 | 18,328 |
| Turkey | - | 2 | 1:38,900,854 | 64,839 |
| China | - | 2 | 1:683,027,891 | 94,999 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 2 | 1:680,710 | 23,658 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 1 | 1:15,423,817 | 113,731 |
| Zambia | - | 1 | 1:15,854,794 | 66,637 |
| Australia | - | 1 | 1:13,657,622 | 55,904 |
| Belarus | - | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Burundi | - | 1 | 1:9,906,559 | 2,558 |
| New Zealand | - | 1 | 1:4,536,044 | 17,392 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Switzerland | - | 1 | 1:8,213,496 | 36,387 |
| Mauritius | - | 1 | 1:1,297,784 | 13,721 |
| Ireland | - | 1 | 1:4,643,519 | 13,375 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Laos | - | 1 | 1:6,586,856 | 1,888 |
| Greece | - | 1 | 1:10,934,548 | 22,228 |
| Singapore | - | 1 | 1:6,287,054 | 39,645 |
| Poland | 67% | 1 | 1:38,027,112 | 9,241 |
| Japan | - | 1 | 1:127,986,057 | 94,066 |
Salama (380,832) may also be a surname.
Salama Forename Popularity
Salama Demographics
Salama Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sample size: 101 (2018)
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Phonetically Similar Names
Salama Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salama in the Russian language | ||
| Салама | salama | - |
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Footnotes
- First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
- 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
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