Solomon Forename
823rd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,060,197 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Eritrea
Solomon Forename Definition:
A male name. Hebrew ('peaceable’, derivative of shalem 'peace’. Salamon was the usual medieval form of the name, which was not uncommon, and gave rise to the surnames Salaman, Salmon, Salmond, Sammon, Sammond, &c. The name died out about the beginning of the 14th C, but was revived by the Puritans in the 16th C.
Read More About This ForenameSolomon Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 100% | 302,356 | 1:587 | 80 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 230,834 | 1:423 | 54 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 100,861 | 1:47 | 6 |
| Ghana | 100% | 87,144 | 1:310 | 58 |
| South Africa | 100% | 54,342 | 1:1,004 | 114 |
| Kenya | 100% | 45,914 | 1:1,009 | 209 |
| Uganda | 100% | 37,922 | 1:1,080 | 187 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 28,963 | 1:245 | 57 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 24,334 | 1:634 | 98 |
| United States | 100% | 21,044 | 1:17,228 | 1,501 |
| Sudan | 100% | 13,287 | 1:2,845 | 502 |
| Malawi | 100% | 11,486 | 1:1,490 | 306 |
| Philippines | 99% | 10,816 | 1:9,801 | 1,331 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 9,936 | 1:820 | 95 |
| Liberia | 99% | 9,808 | 1:450 | 90 |
| Zambia | - | 9,176 | 1:1,728 | 334 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 7,603 | 1:6,943 | 1,031 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 7,017 | 1:1,646 | 325 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 6,932 | 1:3,117 | 563 |
| India | 100% | 5,086 | 1:238,867 | 23,678 |
| Madagascar | 100% | 4,232 | 1:5,584 | 1,110 |
| Gambia | - | 3,229 | 1:597 | 139 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,901 | 1:3,920 | 752 |
| England | 100% | 2,727 | 1:20,390 | 1,293 |
| Israel | 99% | 2,457 | 1:3,420 | 638 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,772 | 1:1,627 | 388 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 1,671 | 1:44,182 | 2,995 |
| Botswana | 100% | 1,514 | 1:1,443 | 264 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1,262 | 1:2,962 | 420 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,162 | 1:28,514 | 2,307 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 1,000 | 1:581 | 118 |
| Russia | 98% | 772 | 1:186,831 | 2,852 |
| Swaziland | - | 743 | 1:1,750 | 400 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 583 | 1:52,852 | 6,182 |
| Togo | - | 577 | 1:12,546 | 1,699 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 572 | 1:36,362 | 4,240 |
| Poland | - | 565 | 1:67,305 | 1,669 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 460 | 1:66,196 | 5,123 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 453 | 1:3,005 | 576 |
| Lesotho | 99% | 383 | 1:5,326 | 815 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 367 | 1:434,500 | 16,631 |
| Sweden | 100% | 333 | 1:29,603 | 1,843 |
| Egypt | 100% | 304 | 1:302,306 | 9,724 |
| Romania | 100% | 282 | 1:71,106 | 3,519 |
| Australia | - | 275 | 1:49,664 | 2,353 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 272 | 1:113,185 | 3,176 |
| Germany | 100% | 261 | 1:370,413 | 4,405 |
| Greece | 100% | 245 | 1:44,631 | 1,623 |
| Ukraine | 100% | 243 | 1:187,242 | 1,236 |
| Vanuatu | - | 212 | 1:1,235 | 346 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 168 | 1:100,608 | 5,192 |
| Somalia | - | 160 | 1:84,537 | 3,429 |
| China | - | 135 | 1:10,118,932 | 59,646 |
| Guyana | 100% | 129 | 1:5,917 | 1,031 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 125 | 1:55,923 | 2,626 |
| Belize | 100% | 124 | 1:2,857 | 655 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 114 | 1:73,464 | 2,601 |
| Afghanistan | 76% | 110 | 1:296,577 | 6,378 |
| Bahamas | - | 100 | 1:3,994 | 692 |
| Spain | 100% | 92 | 1:505,760 | 6,406 |
| Norway | 100% | 87 | 1:58,992 | 2,293 |
| Scotland | 100% | 85 | 1:62,945 | 1,798 |
| Brazil | 100% | 83 | 1:2,581,158 | 50,123 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 83 | 1:213,817 | 4,627 |
| Kuwait | - | 76 | 1:49,806 | 4,237 |
| Ireland | 100% | 72 | 1:64,493 | 1,894 |
| Singapore | 100% | 64 | 1:98,235 | 7,388 |
| Indonesia | - | 63 | 1:4,094,661 | 171,955 |
| Hong Kong | - | 62 | 1:125,044 | 2,948 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 62 | 1:132,476 | 3,695 |
| Bahrain | - | 59 | 1:22,859 | 3,234 |
| New Zealand | - | 56 | 1:81,001 | 3,730 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 55 | 1:130,036 | 9,245 |
| Iceland | - | 53 | 1:6,906 | 738 |
| Wales | 100% | 53 | 1:58,383 | 1,882 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 51 | 1:3,487 | 615 |
| Italy | 79% | 50 | 1:1,221,242 | 10,022 |
| Thailand | 100% | 49 | 1:1,429,915 | 45,761 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 47 | 1:4,135,270 | 42,500 |
| Austria | 100% | 46 | 1:185,091 | 2,885 |
| Belgium | 100% | 46 | 1:249,784 | 5,526 |
| Grenada | 100% | 44 | 1:2,457 | 495 |
| Cambodia | 61% | 42 | 1:387,460 | 9,301 |
| Qatar | 100% | 41 | 1:57,795 | 7,275 |
| Benin | 100% | 37 | 1:285,834 | 11,817 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 37 | 1:642,424 | 31,558 |
| Mozambique | - | 36 | 1:756,760 | 1,518 |
| South Korea | 100% | 31 | 1:178,852 | 7,173 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 29 | 1:3,848 | 708 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 25 | 1:417,251 | 13,014 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 25 | 1:2,049 | 312 |
| Myanmar | - | 25 | 1:2,077,931 | 882 |
| Namibia | - | 25 | 1:96,167 | 4,687 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 23 | 1:4,322 | 830 |
| Gibraltar | - | 23 | 1:1,484 | 297 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 22 | 1:4,988 | 824 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 21 | 1:11,592 | 860 |
| Serbia | 100% | 20 | 1:357,286 | 4,336 |
| Denmark | - | 18 | 1:313,861 | 5,872 |
| Finland | 88% | 18 | 1:304,621 | 4,354 |
| Armenia | 100% | 17 | 1:171,691 | 3,368 |
| France | 100% | 17 | 1:3,910,020 | 17,575 |
| Guam | - | 17 | 1:9,450 | 1,317 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 15 | 1:642,863 | 11,711 |
| South Ossetia | 100% | 15 | 1:3,570 | 439 |
| Belarus | 100% | 14 | 1:677,313 | 4,005 |
| Estonia | 100% | 14 | 1:93,956 | 4,008 |
| Iraq | - | 14 | 1:2,501,276 | 13,388 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 13 | 1:1,413,805 | 35,544 |
| Moldova | 100% | 13 | 1:273,934 | 2,181 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 12 | 1:72,590 | 2,375 |
| Ivory Coast | 67% | 12 | 1:1,922,994 | 45,079 |
| Oman | - | 12 | 1:342,389 | 4,330 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 10 | 1:5,486 | 913 |
| Angola | - | 9 | 1:2,996,290 | 3,522 |
| Djibouti | - | 9 | 1:101,740 | 979 |
| Japan | - | 9 | 1:14,220,673 | 39,809 |
| Mexico | 100% | 9 | 1:13,793,825 | 37,132 |
| Turkmenistan | 100% | 9 | 1:608,097 | 1,859 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 75% | 8 | 1:746,660 | 19,030 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 8 | 1:3,775,237 | 55,178 |
| Czechia | 100% | 7 | 1:1,522,309 | 4,223 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 6 | 1:5,208 | 987 |
| Iran | - | 6 | 1:13,082,811 | 33,089 |
| Bermuda | - | 4 | 1:16,206 | 1,525 |
| Burundi | 100% | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Fiji | - | 4 | 1:223,094 | 2,508 |
| Libya | - | 4 | 1:1,555,327 | 1,779 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Mauritius | - | 4 | 1:324,446 | 5,754 |
| Micronesia | - | 4 | 1:26,625 | 714 |
| Morocco | - | 4 | 1:8,587,159 | 11,086 |
| New Caledonia | - | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Peru | 100% | 4 | 1:7,947,864 | 48,688 |
| Senegal | 100% | 4 | 1:3,645,339 | 17,621 |
| Tonga | - | 4 | 1:26,859 | 378 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Barbados | - | 3 | 1:96,596 | 2,324 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 3 | 1:20,433 | 1,694 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Costa Rica | - | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Guinea | 100% | 3 | 1:3,952,882 | 6,312 |
| Jersey | - | 3 | 1:33,327 | 1,495 |
| Latvia | - | 3 | 1:671,882 | 3,893 |
| Lebanon | - | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| Yemen | - | 3 | 1:8,765,584 | 9,038 |
| Anguilla | - | 2 | 1:6,628 | 945 |
| Cape Verde | - | 2 | 1:264,576 | 4,841 |
| Chile | 100% | 2 | 1:8,803,604 | 33,591 |
| Honduras | - | 2 | 1:4,408,734 | 23,808 |
| Hungary | 100% | 2 | 1:4,895,886 | 4,852 |
| Nepal | - | 2 | 1:14,243,676 | 86,069 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 2 | 1:3,009,168 | 24,322 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1 | 1:1,843,146 | 3,737 |
| Albania | 100% | 1 | 1:3,046,570 | 49,159 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 1 | 1:3,524,458 | 8,651 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Chad | - | 1 | 1:13,598,398 | 15,363 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Ecuador | - | 1 | 1:17,726,919 | 31,775 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 1 | 1:2,090,757 | 15,787 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Monaco | - | 1 | 1:38,466 | 2,379 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Nauru | 100% | 1 | 1:11,927 | 903 |
| Northern Cyprus | - | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 1 | 1:54,668 | 1,803 |
| Portugal | - | 1 | 1:10,410,866 | 12,786 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Seychelles | - | 1 | 1:92,670 | 1,891 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Syria | - | 1 | 1:19,306,075 | 9,560 |
| Transnistria | - | 1 | 1:475,638 | 2,115 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | - | 1 | 1:34,707 | 1,398 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
The alternate forms: Solomón (1) are calculated separately.
Solomon (1,167,527) may also be a surname.
Solomon Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Hebrew ('peaceable’, derivative of shalem 'peace’. Salamon was the usual medieval form of the name, which was not uncommon, and gave rise to the surnames Salaman, Salmon, Salmond, Sammon, Sammond, &c. The name died out about the beginning of the 14th C, but was revived by the Puritans in the 16th C. It is now almost entirely a Jewish name.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
The Hebrew name Salomo(n) or Solomon is the m. ‘companion’ of Salome and it means ‘the peaceful’: cf. the German Friedrich (Frederick) and the Greek Eirenaios (and our Irene). The fame of King Solomon (C10 B. C.) has ensured its survival, especially among the Jews, who have made it a surname, as in Solomon J. Solomon, the witty painter of portraits and ‘historicals’.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
The Scripture name, in Josephus and the New Testament Σολομών, in Hebrew שָׁלוֹם, Sh’lomóh, signifying ‘peaceable.’
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Hebrew (masculine) - Peace.
— What is Your Name? (1863) by Sophy Moody
Sol'-o-mon, peaceable, perfect, one who recompenses. The son of David and Bathsheba: born A. M. 2971. He was beloved of God, and selected to build the temple; and was one of the best kings of Israel. He began to reign when about eighteen years of age, and reigned forty years. 2 Sam. xii. 24. He died A. M. 3029.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: peaceableness.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: Peaceful.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Solomon Forename Popularity
Solomon Demographics
Average Solomon Salary in
United States
$42,922 USD
Per year
Rank:
211,779 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.00519789
Rank: 1,546 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
98.61%
Sample size: 9,983 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
Solomon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Solomon in the Russian language | ||
| Соломон | solomon | - |
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