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 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

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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