Al-Salmi Surname

271,656th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,434 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Oman

Al-Salmi Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: Al & Salmi.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Al-Salmi Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Saudi Arabia7951:38,8125,622
Oman6141:6,006858
Yemen121:2,202,10813,606
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
France11:66,422,722504,397
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Norway11:5,142,286129,201
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Al-Salmi Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Al-Salmi Come From? nationality or country of origin

Al-Salmi (Russian: Аль-сальми) occurs more in Saudi Arabia more than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Al-Salmi.

How Common Is The Last Name Al-Salmi? popularity and diffusion

The last name Al-Salmi is the 271,656th most commonly used last name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,081,971 people. This surname is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Al-Salmi live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

This surname is most frequently occurring in Saudi Arabia, where it is carried by 795 people, or 1 in 38,812. Aside from Saudi Arabia this surname is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Oman, where 43 percent are found and Yemen, where 1 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Al Salmi881,723/
Al-Salmy886/
Al-Salma881/
Al-Salme881/
Al Salma7568/
Al Jalmi751/
Al Shalme711/
Al Zalma6312/
Al Colmi632/
Al Solmy631/
Al Solma631/
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Al-Salmi Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Al-Salmi in the Russian language
Аль-сальмиal-salmi-

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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 Al-Salmi
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