Sahlam Surname
Approximately 89 people bear this surname
Sahlam Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 43 | 1:3,075,563 | 171,061 |
| India | 32 | 1:23,970,793 | 327,222 |
| Nigeria | 5 | 1:35,428,552 | 388,973 |
| Ukraine | 5 | 1:9,104,539 | 300,808 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Sahlam (336) may also be a first name.
Sahlam Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahlam Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahlam (Arabic: شلام, Hindi: साहलम, Marathi: सहलाम) is found in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahlam? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,980,395th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 81,882,538 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 89 percent of Sahlam live; 51 percent live in Southeast Asia and 51 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Sahlam is also the 477,199th most frequently used forename world-wide, borne by 336 people.
This last name is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 43 people, or 1 in 3,075,563. In Indonesia Sahlam is most numerous in: West Nusa Tenggara, where 44 percent are found, West Java, where 40 percent are found and Southeast Sulawesi, where 16 percent are found. Outside of Indonesia this surname exists in 6 countries. It is also common in India, where 36 percent are found and Nigeria, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahlam Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahlam in the Hindi language | ||
| साहलम | sahalama | - |
| Sahlam in the Marathi language | ||
| सहलाम | sahalama | - |
| Sahlam in the Arabic language | ||
| شلام | shlam | - |
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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 Sahlam
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