El Salami Surname

16,585th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 33,472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Salami Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Salami Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen31,1521:848117
United Arab Emirates9811:9,3401,172
Oman3451:10,6901,344
Tunisia2881:2,120245
Egypt2751:334,31221,412
Jordan1711:51,7105,128
Syria1361:141,9193,673
Kuwait771:49,3605,585
Israel221:388,98331,283
Lebanon161:352,31810,901
Palestine61:758,14214,544
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Libya11:6,243,9746,186
Niger11:19,192,017110,060

El Salami (14) may also be a first name.

El Salami Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Salami is found in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

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

The last name El Salami is the 16,585th most frequently held last name on a global scale, held by around 1 in 217,721 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 98 percent of El Salami reside; 98 percent reside in West Asia and 97 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. El Salami is also the 3,024,661st most common first name world-wide It is held by 14 people.

This surname is most frequently held in Yemen, where it is borne by 31,152 people, or 1 in 848. In Yemen it is primarily concentrated in: Ibb Governorate, where 17 percent live, Taiz Governorate, where 17 percent live and Dhamar Governorate, where 14 percent live. Aside from Yemen it is found in 13 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 3 percent live and Oman, where 1 percent live.

El Salami Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is chiefly Greek Orthodox (45%) 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
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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 El Salami
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