Abu Salima Surname
Approximately 570 people bear this surname
Abu Salima Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 549 | 1:167,460 | 12,562 |
| Israel | 12 | 1:713,136 | 47,700 |
| Palestine | 9 | 1:505,428 | 12,843 |
Abu Salima Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abu Salima Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abu Salima is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Abu Salima? popularity and diffusion
The surname Abu Salima is the 557,722nd most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 12,785,168 people. The last name Abu Salima occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Abu Salima live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Arabic North Africa.
The surname Abu Salima is most commonly held in Egypt, where it is carried by 549 people, or 1 in 167,460. Not including Egypt this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Israel, where 2 percent reside and Palestine, where 2 percent reside.
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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
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