Abu Salma Surname
Approximately 2,771 people bear this surname
Abu Salma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 2,746 | 1:33,480 | 3,548 |
| Palestine | 21 | 1:216,612 | 9,550 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
Abu Salma (1,445) may also be a first name.
Abu Salma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Abu Salma Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Abu Salma is carried by more people in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Abu Salma.
How Common Is The Last Name Abu Salma? popularity and diffusion
Abu Salma is the 157,801st most common last name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,629,934 people. The surname Abu Salma is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Abu Salma are found; 99 percent are found in North Africa and 99 percent are found in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 205,259th most prevalent first name worldwide. It is borne by 1,445 people.
This last name is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 2,746 people, or 1 in 33,480. Barring Egypt Abu Salma occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 1 percent reside and India, where 0 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Abu Salma
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