Al Salaimah Surname

114,552nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,035 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Jordan
Highest density in:
Jordan

Al Salaimah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Al Salaimah 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
Jordan3,0731:2,877581
Palestine9611:4,7331,065
Syria11:19,301,02222,457

Al Salaimah Last Name Facts

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

The surname Al Salaimah is held by more people in Jordan than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Al Salaimah click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Al Salaimah? popularity and diffusion

It is the 114,552nd most commonly held surname globally It is held by approximately 1 in 1,806,083 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Salaimah live; 100 percent live in West Asia and 100 percent live in Levant.

The surname Al Salaimah is most frequently used in Jordan, where it is carried by 3,073 people, or 1 in 2,877. In Jordan it is primarily found in: Amman Governorate, where 57 percent live, Zarqa Governorate, where 17 percent live and Irbid Governorate, where 10 percent live. Outside of Jordan this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also found in Palestine, where 24 percent live and Syria, where 0 percent live.

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 Salamah95480/
Al Salimah951/
Al Salama90290/
Al-Salamah86960/
Al Salamat8611/
Al Sallama861/
Al Saloumah822/
Al Saliyama821/
Al-Salama80297/
Al Jalahma76111/
Al-Sallama769/
Al-Salamat763/
Al Selimai761/
Al Jallahma731/
Al-Jalahma67130/
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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 Salaimah
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