El Salama Surname

62,291st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8,060 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Syria
Highest density in:
Syria

El Salama Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Salama Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Syria5,5181:3,498409
Jordan2,0101:4,399886
Kuwait1641:23,1753,064
Lebanon1171:48,1804,074
United Arab Emirates1021:89,8268,037
Yemen991:266,9229,430
Palestine451:101,0866,981
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

El Salama Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Salama Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname El Salama is most common in Syria. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of El Salama.

How Common Is The Last Name El Salama? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 62,291st most frequent surname world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 904,162 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 100 percent of El Salama are found; 100 percent are found in West Asia and 95 percent are found in Levant.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Syria, where it is held by 5,518 people, or 1 in 3,498. In Syria it is most numerous in: Aleppo Governorate, where 55 percent live, Homs Governorate, where 34 percent live and Damascus Governorate, where 12 percent live. Excluding Syria El Salama exists in 8 countries. It is also common in Jordan, where 25 percent live and Kuwait, where 2 percent live.

El Salama Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the El Salama last name is predominantly Sunni (65%) in Lebanon.

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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 El Salama
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