Salim Forename
631st
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,273,930 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Comoros
Salim Forename Definition:
Say'-lim, fox, fist, path. The place where John baptized, near Jordan. John iii. 23.
Salim Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| India | 100% | 350,460 | 1:3,467 | 366 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 116,332 | 1:265 | 19 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 93,754 | 1:1,701 | 220 |
| Algeria | 100% | 82,150 | 1:465 | 97 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 77,985 | 1:3,308 | 369 |
| Kenya | 81% | 62,014 | 1:747 | 146 |
| Turkey | 100% | 48,422 | 1:1,607 | 369 |
| Oman | 100% | 31,274 | 1:131 | 22 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 28,128 | 1:1,877 | 376 |
| Sudan | 99% | 22,608 | 1:1,672 | 312 |
| Morocco | 100% | 22,601 | 1:1,520 | 247 |
| Yemen | - | 22,098 | 1:1,190 | 200 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 18,317 | 1:9,694 | 1,269 |
| Afghanistan | 82% | 14,811 | 1:2,203 | 393 |
| Iraq | 100% | 14,508 | 1:2,414 | 436 |
| Uganda | 96% | 14,225 | 1:2,879 | 396 |
| Iran | 100% | 13,375 | 1:5,869 | 612 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 13,275 | 1:424 | 75 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 11,653 | 1:614 | 69 |
| Syria | - | 10,591 | 1:1,823 | 322 |
| Mozambique | - | 10,560 | 1:2,580 | 565 |
| Qatar | 100% | 10,554 | 1:225 | 7 |
| Egypt | 98% | 10,389 | 1:8,846 | 868 |
| Comoros | - | 10,347 | 1:74 | 10 |
| Libya | - | 10,282 | 1:605 | 105 |
| Pakistan | 76% | 9,860 | 1:19,712 | 1,608 |
| Jordan | 100% | 9,492 | 1:930 | 228 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 7,859 | 1:3,875 | 417 |
| Mali | 100% | 6,683 | 1:2,540 | 296 |
| Kuwait | - | 6,668 | 1:568 | 91 |
| France | 100% | 6,567 | 1:10,122 | 645 |
| Palestine | 100% | 6,090 | 1:747 | 199 |
| United States | 100% | 5,783 | 1:62,690 | 3,261 |
| Somalia | - | 5,505 | 1:2,457 | 374 |
| Ghana | 100% | 5,225 | 1:5,165 | 647 |
| Nepal | 70% | 5,188 | 1:5,491 | 724 |
| Russia | 100% | 4,769 | 1:30,244 | 728 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 4,624 | 1:21,099 | 2,739 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 4,372 | 1:1,621 | 330 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 4,351 | 1:2,614 | 548 |
| Chad | 100% | 3,893 | 1:3,493 | 514 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 3,831 | 1:2,186 | 396 |
| Philippines | 97% | 3,647 | 1:29,068 | 2,608 |
| England | 100% | 3,455 | 1:16,093 | 1,095 |
| Uzbekistan | 99% | 3,299 | 1:9,332 | 1,228 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 3,267 | 1:2,952 | 582 |
| Angola | 100% | 3,104 | 1:8,688 | 1,063 |
| Brazil | 100% | 2,711 | 1:79,025 | 4,785 |
| Canada | 100% | 2,498 | 1:13,264 | 1,416 |
| Madagascar | - | 2,418 | 1:9,772 | 1,594 |
| Malawi | 94% | 1,819 | 1:9,408 | 1,073 |
| Thailand | 100% | 1,594 | 1:43,956 | 4,918 |
| Bahrain | - | 1,539 | 1:876 | 144 |
| Cambodia | 52% | 1,505 | 1:10,813 | 1,298 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 1,406 | 1:4,972 | 660 |
| Mauritius | - | 1,229 | 1:1,056 | 155 |
| South Africa | 100% | 1,224 | 1:44,553 | 4,767 |
| Spain | 100% | 1,106 | 1:42,070 | 1,819 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 1,072 | 1:631 | 119 |
| Niger | 93% | 974 | 1:19,696 | 1,439 |
| Germany | 100% | 884 | 1:109,364 | 2,225 |
| Guinea | 100% | 860 | 1:13,789 | 842 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 715 | 1:29,090 | 3,562 |
| Mexico | 97% | 687 | 1:180,705 | 3,414 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 640 | 1:5,507 | 892 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 636 | 1:27,904 | 1,484 |
| Poland | 100% | 613 | 1:62,034 | 1,561 |
| DR Congo | 85% | 555 | 1:133,023 | 6,573 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 543 | 1:6,449 | 552 |
| Ivory Coast | 98% | 515 | 1:44,808 | 3,408 |
| Belgium | 100% | 500 | 1:22,980 | 1,645 |
| Togo | - | 494 | 1:14,654 | 1,924 |
| Sweden | 99% | 482 | 1:20,452 | 1,426 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 429 | 1:13,924 | 1,906 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 364 | 1:46,434 | 3,262 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 338 | 1:89,355 | 4,220 |
| Benin | 100% | 314 | 1:33,681 | 3,045 |
| Senegal | 98% | 245 | 1:59,516 | 2,191 |
| Australia | - | 223 | 1:61,245 | 2,679 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 211 | 1:1,508 | 349 |
| Cameroon | 95% | 181 | 1:119,395 | 5,908 |
| Portugal | - | 175 | 1:59,491 | 1,934 |
| Guyana | 100% | 167 | 1:4,570 | 844 |
| Zambia | - | 166 | 1:95,511 | 4,625 |
| Mauritania | 98% | 165 | 1:24,820 | 1,669 |
| Burkina Faso | 87% | 153 | 1:120,127 | 6,189 |
| Colombia | 100% | 146 | 1:327,253 | 6,116 |
| Singapore | 88% | 145 | 1:43,359 | 6,622 |
| Fiji | - | 144 | 1:6,197 | 1,398 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 144 | 1:9,454 | 1,415 |
| Austria | 100% | 142 | 1:59,959 | 1,645 |
| Denmark | - | 131 | 1:43,126 | 1,758 |
| Djibouti | - | 130 | 1:7,044 | 654 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Greece | 100% | 127 | 1:86,099 | 2,468 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 127 | 1:64,673 | 2,497 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 124 | 1:16,861 | 1,901 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 115 | 1:134,120 | 9,033 |
| Argentina | 100% | 86 | 1:497,363 | 3,681 |
| Israel | 97% | 84 | 1:100,035 | 4,350 |
| Norway | 100% | 81 | 1:63,362 | 2,402 |
| Botswana | 100% | 79 | 1:27,651 | 3,112 |
| New Zealand | - | 75 | 1:60,481 | 3,093 |
| Scotland | 100% | 67 | 1:79,856 | 2,055 |
| Kosovo | - | 56 | 1:33,240 | 2,986 |
| Italy | 100% | 53 | 1:1,152,115 | 9,622 |
| Peru | 94% | 52 | 1:611,374 | 10,064 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 49 | 1:212,883 | 8,521 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 46 | 1:516,732 | 28,563 |
| Maldives | 97% | 44 | 1:9,861 | 500 |
| Belarus | 100% | 43 | 1:220,521 | 1,852 |
| Romania | 100% | 41 | 1:489,073 | 13,671 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 38 | 1:64,704 | 2,340 |
| Ireland | 100% | 37 | 1:125,501 | 2,828 |
| Gambia | - | 36 | 1:53,517 | 339 |
| Barbados | - | 35 | 1:8,280 | 981 |
| Brunei | 100% | 35 | 1:11,988 | 816 |
| China | - | 34 | 1:40,178,111 | 61,702 |
| Serbia | 100% | 34 | 1:210,168 | 3,657 |
| Panama | 100% | 32 | 1:122,080 | 5,617 |
| Namibia | - | 29 | 1:82,903 | 4,174 |
| Georgia | 97% | 28 | 1:133,517 | 4,335 |
| Croatia | 100% | 27 | 1:156,188 | 3,094 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 27 | 1:202,699 | 1,615 |
| Seychelles | - | 26 | 1:3,564 | 725 |
| Wales | 100% | 26 | 1:119,012 | 2,694 |
| Burundi | 100% | 25 | 1:396,262 | 737 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Czechia | 96% | 24 | 1:444,007 | 2,370 |
| Finland | 81% | 24 | 1:228,466 | 3,699 |
| Ecuador | - | 21 | 1:844,139 | 7,105 |
| Liberia | 100% | 21 | 1:210,098 | 7,343 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 18 | 1:48,393 | 2,133 |
| Malta | - | 17 | 1:25,256 | 1,655 |
| Hong Kong | - | 15 | 1:516,848 | 4,412 |
| Uruguay | 100% | 15 | 1:228,509 | 3,962 |
| Chile | 93% | 13 | 1:1,354,401 | 10,891 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 12 | 1:47,004 | 1,881 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80% | 12 | 1:679,360 | 49,627 |
| Armenia | 100% | 11 | 1:265,341 | 4,163 |
| Congo | 100% | 11 | 1:455,382 | 8,101 |
| Japan | - | 11 | 1:11,635,096 | 36,893 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 11 | 1:657,891 | 5,571 |
| Belize | 100% | 9 | 1:39,368 | 3,319 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| Estonia | 100% | 9 | 1:146,153 | 5,307 |
| Aruba | - | 8 | 1:12,972 | 1,901 |
| Bolivia | - | 7 | 1:1,514,486 | 3,962 |
| Albania | 100% | 6 | 1:507,762 | 18,007 |
| Haiti | - | 6 | 1:1,787,826 | 19,076 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 5 | 1:368,629 | 2,296 |
| Grenada | 100% | 5 | 1:21,625 | 2,009 |
| Monaco | - | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 5 | 1:35,563 | 3,018 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 4 | 1:1,191,987 | 12,292 |
| Gabon | - | 4 | 1:470,834 | 2,822 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 4 | 1:4,027,107 | 7,742 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Moldova | - | 4 | 1:890,285 | 4,314 |
| South Korea | - | 4 | 1:1,386,105 | 20,690 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Hungary | 100% | 3 | 1:3,263,924 | 4,413 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 3 | 1:679,999 | 29,822 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 3 | 1:1,183,434 | 5,646 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 100% | 2 | 1:95,998 | 3,765 |
| Vietnam | - | 2 | 1:46,311,556 | 7,272 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bermuda | - | 1 | 1:64,826 | 2,481 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Cape Verde | - | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| East Timor | - | 1 | 1:1,218,375 | 811 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Gibraltar | - | 1 | 1:34,138 | 985 |
| Guam | - | 1 | 1:160,646 | 3,210 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Jamaica | - | 1 | 1:2,883,227 | 22,340 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 1 | 1:111,580 | 7,062 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Suriname | - | 1 | 1:552,811 | 5,457 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
The alternate forms: Salím (5) & Sàlim (1) are calculated separately.
Salim (961,041) may also be a surname.
Salim Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Say'-lim, fox, fist, path. The place where John baptized, near Jordan. John iii. 23.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: tossing.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Salim Forename Popularity
Salim Demographics
Average Male Salim Height
173.71 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 349 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Salim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salim in the Russian language | ||
| Салим | salim | - |
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