Abu Salem Surname

44,863rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 11,578 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Palestine

Abu Salem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Abu Salem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt7,0171:13,1021,563
Palestine2,4791:1,835362
Yemen7761:34,0533,119
Bangladesh5411:294,5608,696
Jordan4031:21,9423,138
Israel1841:46,5096,196
Kuwait871:43,6865,304
Syria411:470,7575,123
India221:34,866,608408,224
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Canada41:9,211,398321,528
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Abu Salem (978) may also be a first name.

Abu Salem Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Abu Salem Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Abu Salem is borne by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Abu Salem? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 44,863rd most frequently held last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 629,430 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 61 percent of Abu Salem are found; 61 percent are found in North Africa and 61 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. Abu Salem is also the 257,637th most frequent first name globally It is held by 978 people.

The last name Abu Salem is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 7,017 people, or 1 in 13,102. Apart from Egypt Abu Salem occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 21 percent reside and Yemen, where 7 percent reside.

Abu Salem Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the Abu Salem last name is chiefly Sunni (33%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Abou Salem9523/
Abu Saleem9511/
Abu Shalem951/
Abu Salim896,251/
Abu-Salem89223/
Abu Selem891/
Abou-Salem8419/
Abu-Saleem8414/
Abu Seleem841/
Abu Chhalem801/
Abu Selim7822/
Abu-Salim7812/
Abu Salin781/
Abu Shalin741/

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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
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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abu Salem
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