Msalem Surname

2,944,094th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 44 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Tunisia

Msalem Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Msalem Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Libya91:693,7751,982
Algeria51:7,726,31057,379
France51:13,284,544357,392
Lebanon31:1,879,02822,073
Mauritania21:2,047,43230,537
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
England11:55,718,059489,080
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Msalem (28) may also be a first name.

Msalem Last Name Facts

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

Msalem has its highest incidence in Indonesia. It can also occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Msalem? popularity and diffusion

Msalem is the 2,944,094th most frequently used last name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 165,626,044 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 43 percent of Msalem are found; 39 percent are found in North Africa and 23 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Msalem is also the 1,994,417th most frequently occurring first name at a global level, borne by 28 people.

The surname is most frequently held in Indonesia, where it is held by 10 people, or 1 in 13,224,919. In Indonesia it is most common in: Aceh, where 70 percent reside, West Nusa Tenggara, where 20 percent reside and North Maluku, where 10 percent reside. Without taking into account Indonesia this surname occurs in 15 countries. It is also common in Libya, where 20 percent reside and Algeria, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Msallem92227/
M'Salem9265/
Mssalem928/
Msaleem922/
Msalemm921/
Hmsalem921/
Mmsalem921/
M'Sallem8623/
Msaleemh8613/
M'Sailem868/
M'Ssalem862/
Mselem832,718/
Msalim8350/
Msolem834/
M'Ssailem801/
Mshalim778/
Msselem775/
Mseilem773/
M'Selem771/
Msallen771/
M'Seilem7140/
Mseileme711/
Mzelem67269/
Mzalim679/
Mselim674/
M'Sseilem671/
McAlim670/

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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 Msalem
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