Salams Surname

1,581,912th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 129 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Egypt

Salams Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Salams Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Indonesia21:66,124,597756,638
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Salams (10) may also be a first name.

Salams Last Name Facts

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

The last name Salams (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻼﻣﻪ, Hindi: सलामस्) is found most frequently in Egypt. It can also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Salams? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 1,581,912th most commonly held family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 56,492,604 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Salams live; 95 percent live in North Africa and 95 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 3,684,242nd most frequent first name worldwide It is held by 10 people.

Salams is most numerous in Egypt, where it is borne by 122 people, or 1 in 753,572. Other than Egypt it occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in India, where 2 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Salamse926/
Salaams924/
Shalams921/
Salamsj921/
Salans8344/
Salems8330/
Calams8321/
Saloms832/
Solams831/
Sallans77263/
Salians7730/
Salyans774/
Salamch773/
Sailans772/
Saleems772/
Salomns771/
Salloms771/
Salains771/
Salanse771/
Satlans771/
Callams770/
Saulians7129/
Saillans711/
Challams711/
Schalems710/
Sallanse710/
Solans672,775/
Zalans67166/
Selems6759/
Soloms6718/
Salons672/
Sólans671/
Schalhans671/
Sallãs671/
Jailamshe671/
Zaloms671/
Callahams670/

Salams Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Salams in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺳﻼﻣﻪslamh-
Salams in the Hindi language
सलामस्salamas-

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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 Salams
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