Abu Salami Surname
Approximately 2,454 people bear this surname
Abu Salami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,319 | 1:39,645 | 4,075 |
| Israel | 124 | 1:69,013 | 8,556 |
| Palestine | 11 | 1:413,532 | 12,017 |
Abu Salami (915) may also be a first name.
Abu Salami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abu Salami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abu Salami is found most frequently in Egypt. It may appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Abu Salami? popularity and diffusion
It is the 174,754th most widely held surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 2,969,660 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 94 percent of Abu Salami reside; 94 percent reside in North Africa and 94 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Abu Salami is also the 268,007th most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 915 people.
This last name is most frequent in Egypt, where it is carried by 2,319 people, or 1 in 39,645. Other than Egypt Abu Salami occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 5 percent reside and Palestine, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abou Salami | 95 | 10 | / |
| Abu Salamis | 95 | 4 | / |
| Abu Salama | 90 | 3,396 | / |
| Abu-Salami | 90 | 2 | / |
| Abu Salameh | 86 | 70 | / |
| Abou Salama | 86 | 11 | / |
| Abu Salemieh | 82 | 464 | / |
| Abou-Salama | 76 | 124 | / |
| Abu Salloma | 76 | 4 | / |
| Abu-Salameh | 76 | 1 | / |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abu Salami
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