El Salama Surname
Approximately 8,060 people bear this surname
El Salama Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 5,518 | 1:3,498 | 409 |
| Jordan | 2,010 | 1:4,399 | 886 |
| Kuwait | 164 | 1:23,175 | 3,064 |
| Lebanon | 117 | 1:48,180 | 4,074 |
| United Arab Emirates | 102 | 1:89,826 | 8,037 |
| Yemen | 99 | 1:266,922 | 9,430 |
| Palestine | 45 | 1:101,086 | 6,981 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
El Salama Demographics
El Salama Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
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.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Salamat | 95 | 2,525 | / |
| El Salamah | 95 | 275 | / |
| El Salamas | 95 | 1 | / |
| El Salaimah | 90 | 4 | / |
| El Salami | 89 | 33,472 | / |
| El Salamou | 84 | 749 | / |
| El Salameh | 84 | 519 | / |
| El Salaimi | 84 | 244 | / |
| El Zalamah | 84 | 122 | / |
| El Sallamy | 84 | 122 | / |
| El-Salayma | 84 | 4 | / |
| El Salamid | 84 | 1 | / |
| El Zalahma | 84 | 1 | / |
| El Sallami | 84 | 1 | / |
| El Salamis | 84 | 1 | / |
| El Salaymeh | 80 | 336 | / |
| El Jalahmah | 80 | 9 | / |
| El Shalaamy | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Salameed | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Salome | 78 | 74 | / |
| El Solamy | 78 | 4 | / |
| El Solame | 78 | 2 | / |
| El-Salami | 78 | 1 | / |
| El Zalami | 78 | 1 | / |
| El Solami | 78 | 1 | / |
| El Salloumi | 70 | 2,206 | / |
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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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