El Salmy Surname

29,473rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18,184 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Salmy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

El Salmy Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen16,5461:1,597245
Oman5001:7,3761,037
Palestine3731:12,1952,311
United Arab Emirates3651:25,1022,822
Egypt1831:502,38128,715
Tunisia1461:4,182653
Kuwait671:56,7276,926
Lebanon21:2,818,54225,087
England11:55,718,059489,080
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

El Salmy (10) may also be a first name.

El Salmy Last Name Facts

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

The last name El Salmy occurs more in Yemen more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

It is the 29,473rd most numerous family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 400,767 people. The last name El Salmy is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of El Salmy are found; 98 percent are found in West Asia and 96 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name throughout the world, held by 10 people.

El Salmy is most frequently used in Yemen, where it is borne by 16,546 people, or 1 in 1,597. In Yemen El Salmy is mostly found in: Ibb Governorate, where 30 percent live, Hajjah Governorate, where 12 percent live and Dhamar Governorate, where 9 percent live. Without taking into account Yemen it occurs in 9 countries. It is also found in Oman, where 3 percent live and Palestine, where 2 percent live.

El Salmy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the El Salmy surname is predominantly Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Salmay941/
El Salmhy941/
El Salmi88154/
El Salme889/
El Salma882/
El-Salmy881/
El-Salmiy821/
El Salmeet781/
El Zolmy758/
El-Salmi754/

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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 Salmy
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