Salami Surname
Approximately 216,438 people bear this surname
Salami Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 170,843 | 1:1,037 | 135 |
| Benin | 6,670 | 1:1,550 | 197 |
| Iran | 5,402 | 1:14,214 | 1,871 |
| Togo | 4,305 | 1:1,684 | 180 |
| Morocco | 4,021 | 1:8,574 | 1,142 |
| Niger | 3,810 | 1:5,037 | 454 |
| Lebanon | 2,992 | 1:1,884 | 364 |
| Ghana | 2,909 | 1:9,289 | 1,249 |
| Italy | 2,700 | 1:22,651 | 3,945 |
| Nepal | 2,682 | 1:10,619 | 681 |
| Indonesia | 1,622 | 1:81,535 | 8,628 |
| Syria | 1,360 | 1:14,192 | 1,131 |
| England | 1,111 | 1:50,151 | 6,220 |
| United States | 964 | 1:375,995 | 33,261 |
| Saudi Arabia | 914 | 1:33,759 | 4,846 |
| Yemen | 484 | 1:54,598 | 4,241 |
| France | 408 | 1:162,801 | 25,359 |
| Brazil | 329 | 1:650,682 | 24,051 |
| Egypt | 305 | 1:301,429 | 19,796 |
| Gabon | 303 | 1:6,235 | 1,152 |
| Ivory Coast | 262 | 1:88,058 | 4,686 |
| United Arab Emirates | 236 | 1:38,823 | 4,064 |
| India | 185 | 1:4,146,299 | 111,116 |
| Canada | 172 | 1:214,219 | 20,702 |
| Iraq | 147 | 1:238,243 | 5,207 |
| Spain | 127 | 1:368,126 | 20,695 |
| Argentina | 117 | 1:365,328 | 28,402 |
| Cameroon | 79 | 1:262,900 | 25,427 |
| Afghanistan | 65 | 1:494,664 | 6,293 |
| Germany | 53 | 1:1,518,971 | 91,373 |
| Malaysia | 51 | 1:578,318 | 28,229 |
| Venezuela | 49 | 1:616,410 | 10,951 |
| Kuwait | 48 | 1:79,181 | 9,331 |
| Tunisia | 47 | 1:12,992 | 2,139 |
| Burkina Faso | 44 | 1:417,093 | 6,319 |
| Algeria | 36 | 1:1,073,099 | 42,429 |
| Tanzania | 36 | 1:1,470,600 | 46,994 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Sweden | 34 | 1:289,610 | 20,124 |
| Belgium | 33 | 1:348,383 | 38,592 |
| Pakistan | 33 | 1:5,413,451 | 34,034 |
| Australia | 25 | 1:1,079,828 | 61,253 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Netherlands | 24 | 1:703,632 | 56,027 |
| Azerbaijan | 22 | 1:438,596 | 8,841 |
| Iceland | 21 | 1:18,100 | 1,499 |
| Jordan | 18 | 1:491,246 | 12,976 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:297,434 | 13,849 |
| Qatar | 16 | 1:147,375 | 16,023 |
| South Africa | 16 | 1:3,386,106 | 119,139 |
| Denmark | 15 | 1:376,314 | 25,792 |
| Liberia | 14 | 1:314,895 | 17,893 |
| Thailand | 14 | 1:5,045,596 | 363,835 |
| Wales | 14 | 1:221,038 | 13,576 |
| Guinea | 12 | 1:986,151 | 1,312 |
| Switzerland | 10 | 1:821,292 | 53,588 |
| Zimbabwe | 10 | 1:1,543,824 | 78,460 |
| Bahrain | 9 | 1:149,845 | 5,469 |
| Comoros | 9 | 1:83,280 | 279 |
| Israel | 9 | 1:950,848 | 57,975 |
| Papua New Guinea | 9 | 1:905,969 | 94,851 |
| Russia | 9 | 1:16,013,673 | 414,297 |
| Palestine | 8 | 1:568,606 | 13,348 |
| Finland | 7 | 1:785,243 | 38,644 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Poland | 6 | 1:6,334,792 | 156,558 |
| Ireland | 4 | 1:1,177,235 | 16,494 |
| Bangladesh | 4 | 1:39,839,193 | 17,324 |
| Senegal | 4 | 1:3,644,836 | 6,064 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Philippines | 3 | 1:33,746,074 | 302,898 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Zambia | 3 | 1:5,283,307 | 43,479 |
| Austria | 2 | 1:4,257,718 | 99,224 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Congo | 2 | 1:2,494,548 | 28,763 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Mexico | 2 | 1:62,063,102 | 83,384 |
| New Zealand | 2 | 1:2,264,162 | 49,210 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Grenada | 1 | 1:108,535 | 1,793 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Swaziland | 1 | 1:1,298,199 | 1,718 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:110,375 | 6,934 |
The alternate forms: Salamí (3) are calculated separately.
Salami (44,257) may also be a first name.
Salami Demographics
Average Male Salami Height
174.58 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Salami Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salami Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Salami (Arabic: السلامي, Bengali: সালমী, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻼﻣﻲ, Hindi: सलामी, Marathi: सलामी, Oriya: ସାଲମି, Russian: Салами) has its highest incidence in Nigeria. It may also be rendered as: Salamí. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salami? popularity and diffusion
It is the 2,563rd most common family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 33,670 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Salami live; 87 percent live in West Africa and 85 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 20,436th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 44,257 people.
The last name Salami is most widespread in Nigeria, where it is carried by 170,843 people, or 1 in 1,037. In Nigeria Salami is mostly found in: Lagos, where 23 percent reside, Oyo, where 20 percent reside and Ogun, where 12 percent reside. Barring Nigeria Salami exists in 108 countries. It also occurs in Benin, where 3 percent reside and Iran, where 2 percent reside.
Salami Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Salami surname is chiefly Shiite (79%) in Lebanon and Muslim (62%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Salami last name are 34.53% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 87.76% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Salami earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 36.25% less than the national average, earning 220,632 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 48.67% less than the national average, earning R 121,980 per year; in United States they earn 9.54% more than the national average, earning $47,264 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.54% more than the national average, earning $50,946 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salami Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salami in the Hindi language | ||
| सलामी | salami | 80 |
| सलमी | salami | 16.77 |
| सालमी | salami | 1.94 |
| सलमि | salami | 0.65 |
| सालामी | salami | 0.65 |
| Salami in the Marathi language | ||
| सलामी | salami | 74.55 |
| सालमी | salami | 10.91 |
| सला | sala | 3.64 |
| अली | ali | 3.64 |
| सळमाबी | salamabi | 1.82 |
| सलमी | salami | 1.82 |
| सलिम | salima | 1.82 |
| Salami in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻼﻣﻲ | slamy | 66.67 |
| ﺳﻼﻡ | slam | 33.33 |
| Salami in the Bengali language | ||
| সালমী | salami | 52.94 |
| সালমি | salami | 41.18 |
| সালামি | salami | 5.88 |
| Salami in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଲମି | salami | 51.78 |
| ସାଲମୀ | salami | 30.66 |
| ସଲମି | salami | 5.09 |
| ଶାଲମି | salami | 3.1 |
| ସଲମୀ | salami | 2.08 |
| ସଲାମି | salami | 1.57 |
| ଶାଲମୀ | salami | 1.11 |
| ସାଲାମି | salami | 1.02 |
| ସାଲାମୀ | salami | 0.93 |
| ସାଳମି | salami | 0.6 |
| ସଲାମୀ | salami | 0.37 |
| ଶାଳମୀ | salami | 0.19 |
| ସାେଲାମୀ | saelami | 0.14 |
| ଷାଲମି | salami | 0.09 |
| ସାେଲାମି | saelami | 0.09 |
| ସାଳମୀ | salami | 0.09 |
| ସଲିମ | salima | 0.05 |
| ପଦାବତୀ | padabati | 0.05 |
| ସଲମିା | salamia | 0.05 |
| ସାଲନି | salani | 0.05 |
| ସାେଲମ | saelama | 0.05 |
| ପଜାପତି | pajapati | 0.05 |
| ଶାଳମି | salami | 0.05 |
| ସାଲସିନା | salasina | 0.05 |
| ସଳମି | salami | 0.05 |
| ଗାଲମୀ | galami | 0.05 |
| ଶାଲାମୀ | salami | 0.05 |
| ସାଲମୀି | salamii | 0.05 |
| ସୁଲାମି | sulami | 0.05 |
| ମାନୁଏଲ | manu'ela | 0.05 |
| ଷାଲମୀ | salami | 0.05 |
| ସଲିମ୍ | salim | 0.05 |
| ଅନିଲ | anila | 0.05 |
| ଶାଲାମି | salami | 0.05 |
| Salami in the Russian language | ||
| Салами | salami | - |
| Salami in the Arabic language | ||
| السلامي | alslamy | - |
| سلامى | slamy | - |
| سلامي | slamy | - |
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