Salem Forename
1,737th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 575,458 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United Arab Emirates
Highest density in:
United Arab Emirates
Salem Forename Definition:
Say'-lem, peace. 1. Jerusalem. Psal. lxxvi. 2. 2. A city of the Shechemites. Gen. xxxiii. 18.
Salem Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Arab Emirates | - | 147,450 | 1:49 | 3 |
| Yemen | - | 129,534 | 1:203 | 32 |
| Libya | - | 70,692 | 1:88 | 12 |
| Algeria | 99% | 36,624 | 1:1,042 | 200 |
| Egypt | 100% | 35,612 | 1:2,581 | 361 |
| Iraq | 99% | 34,786 | 1:1,007 | 240 |
| Jordan | 100% | 18,968 | 1:465 | 115 |
| Syria | - | 13,413 | 1:1,439 | 268 |
| Mauritania | 96% | 10,724 | 1:382 | 61 |
| Iran | 100% | 7,701 | 1:10,193 | 786 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 7,503 | 1:34,381 | 4,582 |
| Palestine | 100% | 6,796 | 1:670 | 182 |
| Oman | 100% | 6,452 | 1:637 | 87 |
| Israel | 70% | 5,308 | 1:1,583 | 350 |
| Morocco | 100% | 5,214 | 1:6,588 | 620 |
| Afghanistan | 86% | 3,154 | 1:10,344 | 1,063 |
| India | 80% | 3,011 | 1:403,480 | 34,553 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 2,716 | 1:2,072 | 416 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,448 | 1:12,587 | 1,766 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 2,427 | 1:40,198 | 4,244 |
| Philippines | 87% | 2,393 | 1:44,300 | 3,372 |
| Sudan | 100% | 2,380 | 1:15,885 | 1,693 |
| France | 100% | 2,296 | 1:28,950 | 1,133 |
| United States | 77% | 2,216 | 1:163,600 | 6,245 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 1,725 | 1:392 | 60 |
| DR Congo | 73% | 1,623 | 1:45,488 | 3,054 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 1,558 | 1:102,350 | 6,851 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 1,291 | 1:2,730 | 593 |
| Nigeria | 62% | 1,189 | 1:149,339 | 7,219 |
| Congo | 80% | 674 | 1:7,432 | 1,010 |
| Bahrain | - | 651 | 1:2,072 | 349 |
| Thailand | 100% | 638 | 1:109,821 | 8,963 |
| Pakistan | 68% | 518 | 1:375,208 | 9,827 |
| Canada | 100% | 405 | 1:81,811 | 4,517 |
| Brazil | 100% | 376 | 1:569,777 | 17,920 |
| Djibouti | - | 348 | 1:2,631 | 359 |
| Sweden | 86% | 348 | 1:28,327 | 1,781 |
| Spain | 100% | 322 | 1:144,503 | 3,489 |
| Malaysia | 95% | 316 | 1:96,361 | 6,830 |
| Chad | 80% | 309 | 1:44,008 | 4,322 |
| England | 96% | 288 | 1:193,066 | 5,766 |
| Gabon | - | 241 | 1:7,815 | 1,376 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Kuwait | - | 199 | 1:19,021 | 2,052 |
| Germany | 99% | 176 | 1:549,306 | 5,557 |
| Papua New Guinea | 56% | 129 | 1:63,196 | 6,058 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 117 | 1:184,705 | 8,037 |
| Mexico | 65% | 114 | 1:1,088,986 | 8,511 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 114 | 1:264,929 | 8,801 |
| Haiti | 100% | 108 | 1:99,324 | 5,618 |
| Malawi | 50% | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Belgium | 99% | 84 | 1:136,786 | 4,042 |
| Cambodia | 69% | 79 | 1:205,992 | 6,557 |
| Qatar | 100% | 74 | 1:32,022 | 4,280 |
| Benin | 100% | 67 | 1:157,848 | 8,202 |
| Russia | 100% | 63 | 1:2,289,424 | 14,741 |
| Namibia | - | 58 | 1:41,451 | 2,767 |
| Netherlands | 99% | 58 | 1:291,415 | 9,256 |
| South Africa | 81% | 58 | 1:940,218 | 36,668 |
| Italy | 95% | 54 | 1:1,130,779 | 9,499 |
| Denmark | - | 53 | 1:106,594 | 3,018 |
| Kazakhstan | 85% | 51 | 1:347,977 | 6,057 |
| Norway | 100% | 47 | 1:109,198 | 3,431 |
| Australia | - | 43 | 1:317,619 | 6,238 |
| Nepal | 96% | 41 | 1:694,813 | 17,575 |
| Serbia | 100% | 39 | 1:183,224 | 3,471 |
| Switzerland | 92% | 37 | 1:221,986 | 4,956 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 34 | 1:18,664 | 1,465 |
| Greece | 100% | 32 | 1:341,705 | 5,459 |
| Tanzania | 64% | 31 | 1:1,702,849 | 21,555 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 27 | 1:91,065 | 2,759 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 27 | 1:1,685,182 | 4,553 |
| Croatia | 100% | 25 | 1:168,683 | 3,219 |
| China | - | 24 | 1:56,918,991 | 62,623 |
| Austria | 100% | 23 | 1:370,183 | 3,999 |
| Liberia | 63% | 21 | 1:210,098 | 7,343 |
| Peru | 93% | 21 | 1:1,513,879 | 17,250 |
| Burkina Faso | 89% | 18 | 1:1,021,082 | 27,989 |
| New Zealand | - | 18 | 1:252,002 | 7,674 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 16 | 1:297,061 | 236 |
| Taiwan | 60% | 16 | 1:1,485,605 | 45,572 |
| Kosovo | - | 15 | 1:124,096 | 6,158 |
| Uganda | 64% | 14 | 1:2,925,494 | 32,970 |
| Colombia | 66% | 13 | 1:3,675,302 | 23,534 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 13 | 1:20,782 | 1,589 |
| Chile | 67% | 11 | 1:1,600,655 | 12,027 |
| Hungary | 100% | 11 | 1:890,161 | 2,642 |
| Zimbabwe | 80% | 11 | 1:1,402,165 | 43,227 |
| Costa Rica | 50% | 10 | 1:476,795 | 7,334 |
| Niger | 90% | 10 | 1:1,918,399 | 23,776 |
| Scotland | 100% | 10 | 1:535,037 | 6,544 |
| Wales | 100% | 10 | 1:309,431 | 4,737 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 9 | 1:11,044 | 1,733 |
| Belarus | 100% | 9 | 1:1,053,598 | 5,565 |
| Argentina | 100% | 8 | 1:5,346,655 | 13,183 |
| Kenya | - | 8 | 1:5,788,389 | 30,473 |
| Bulgaria | - | 7 | 1:998,627 | 10,919 |
| Senegal | 57% | 7 | 1:2,083,051 | 13,702 |
| Estonia | 100% | 6 | 1:219,230 | 6,245 |
| Panama | - | 6 | 1:651,093 | 16,250 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 6 | 1:1,206,134 | 7,440 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 6 | 1:226,903 | 11,844 |
| Vietnam | - | 6 | 1:15,437,186 | 4,625 |
| Czechia | 58% | 5 | 1:2,131,232 | 5,044 |
| Finland | 78% | 5 | 1:1,096,637 | 9,775 |
| Turkey | 75% | 5 | 1:15,560,342 | 40,635 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 4 | 1:2,410,736 | 23,569 |
| El Salvador | - | 4 | 1:1,585,446 | 8,153 |
| Ivory Coast | 75% | 4 | 1:5,768,983 | 76,946 |
| Mali | 100% | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 4 | 1:1,504,584 | 16,652 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 4 | 1:887,575 | 4,962 |
| Singapore | - | 4 | 1:1,571,764 | 18,508 |
| Somalia | - | 4 | 1:3,381,467 | 5,208 |
| Swaziland | - | 4 | 1:325,044 | 2,285 |
| Togo | - | 4 | 1:1,809,810 | 5,654 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Japan | - | 3 | 1:42,662,019 | 63,122 |
| Ireland | 100% | 2 | 1:2,321,760 | 8,894 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,045,378 | 12,250 |
| Mauritius | - | 2 | 1:648,892 | 8,630 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 2 | 1:2,655,032 | 6,915 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Botswana | - | 1 | 1:2,184,449 | 21,741 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Central African Republic | - | 1 | 1:4,515,390 | 1,073 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 1 | 1:10,431,270 | 30,761 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Grenada | 100% | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kyrgyzstan | - | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Malta | - | 1 | 1:429,360 | 3,141 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Romania | - | 1 | 1:20,051,976 | 55,376 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 1 | 1:177,815 | 8,104 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 100% | 1 | 1:6,315 | 385 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somaliland | - | 1 | 1:3,501,776 | 1,551 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 1 | 1:5,472,870 | 3,925 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 1 | 1:30,786,440 | 17,476 |
The alternate forms: Salém (2), Sàlem (2) & Sálem (2) are calculated separately.
Salem (1,105,982) may also be a surname.
Salem Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Say'-lem, peace. 1. Jerusalem. Psal. lxxvi. 2. 2. A city of the Shechemites. Gen. xxxiii. 18.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: at peace: complete: perfect.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Salem Forename Popularity
Salem Demographics
Average Male Salem Height
174 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 126 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Salem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salem in the Russian language | ||
| Салем | salem | - |
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