Abu Salem Surname
Approximately 11,578 people bear this surname
Abu Salem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 7,017 | 1:13,102 | 1,563 |
| Palestine | 2,479 | 1:1,835 | 362 |
| Yemen | 776 | 1:34,053 | 3,119 |
| Bangladesh | 541 | 1:294,560 | 8,696 |
| Jordan | 403 | 1:21,942 | 3,138 |
| Israel | 184 | 1:46,509 | 6,196 |
| Kuwait | 87 | 1:43,686 | 5,304 |
| Syria | 41 | 1:470,757 | 5,123 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Lebanon | 3 | 1:1,879,028 | 22,073 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Abu Salem (978) may also be a first name.
Abu Salem Demographics
Abu Salem Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Abu Salem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abu Salem Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abu Salem is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abu Salem? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 44,863rd most frequently held surname globally It is held by around 1 in 629,430 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 61 percent of Abu Salem live; 61 percent live in North Africa and 61 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Abu Salem is also the 257,637th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 978 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Egypt, where it is held by 7,017 people, or 1 in 13,102. Not including Egypt Abu Salem is found in 19 countries. It also occurs in Palestine, where 21 percent live and Yemen, where 7 percent live.
Abu Salem Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Abu Salem surname is principally Sunni (33%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abou Salem | 95 | 23 | / |
| Abu Saleem | 95 | 11 | / |
| Abu Shalem | 95 | 1 | / |
| Abu Salim | 89 | 6,251 | / |
| Abu-Salem | 89 | 223 | / |
| Abu Selem | 89 | 1 | / |
| Abou-Salem | 84 | 19 | / |
| Abu-Saleem | 84 | 14 | / |
| Abu Seleem | 84 | 1 | / |
| Abu Chhalem | 80 | 1 | / |
| Abu Selim | 78 | 22 | / |
| Abu-Salim | 78 | 12 | / |
| Abu Salin | 78 | 1 | / |
| Abu Shalin | 74 | 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 Salem
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