Salamekh Surname

4,034,050th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 24 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Ukraine
Highest density in:
Ukraine

Salamekh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salamekh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ukraine121:3,793,558197,857
Russia111:13,102,096377,010
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Salamekh Last Name Facts

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

The surname Salamekh (Russian: Саламех) is borne by more people in Ukraine than any other country/territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Salamekh.

How Common Is The Last Name Salamekh? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,034,050th most widespread family name world-wide. It is borne by around 1 in 303,647,746 people. The surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Salamekh live; 96 percent live in Eastern Europe and 96 percent live in East Slavic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Ukraine, where it is held by 12 people, or 1 in 3,793,558. In Ukraine it is primarily found in: Dnipropetrovsk Oblast, where 33 percent live, Kharkiv Oblast, where 25 percent live and Luhansk Oblast, where 25 percent live. Besides Ukraine this last name occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Russia, where 46 percent live and The United States, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salamek931/
Salamech882/
Salamikh881/
Zalamek8029/
Salomek801/
Schalameik783/
Salamych753/
Salamike751/
Shalamik751/
Shelemekh71517/
Jhalamegh713/
Salyamych711/
Salgamick711/
Solamik673,663/
Shalamkova6749/
Salemik679/
Zalomek679/
Salamic675/
Salomik675/
Salomyk671/
Solomek671/

Salamekh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salamekh in the Russian language
Саламехsalameh-

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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 Salamekh
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