Saleem Surname
Approximately 872,163 people bear this surname
Saleem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 726,546 | 1:246 | 28 |
| India | 38,675 | 1:19,834 | 1,540 |
| Saudi Arabia | 31,800 | 1:970 | 72 |
| Sudan | 12,880 | 1:2,912 | 416 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11,862 | 1:772 | 80 |
| Sri Lanka | 10,306 | 1:2,019 | 278 |
| Libya | 6,386 | 1:978 | 238 |
| England | 5,315 | 1:10,483 | 1,554 |
| Egypt | 4,393 | 1:20,928 | 2,415 |
| United States | 3,621 | 1:100,099 | 11,120 |
| Oman | 3,012 | 1:1,224 | 169 |
| Kuwait | 2,372 | 1:1,602 | 188 |
| Qatar | 2,169 | 1:1,087 | 75 |
| Maldives | 1,995 | 1:203 | 27 |
| Bangladesh | 1,983 | 1:80,361 | 3,747 |
| Bahrain | 1,616 | 1:835 | 90 |
| Canada | 1,072 | 1:34,371 | 4,416 |
| Iraq | 702 | 1:49,888 | 1,995 |
| Australia | 546 | 1:49,443 | 6,165 |
| Scotland | 408 | 1:13,122 | 1,721 |
| Afghanistan | 368 | 1:87,373 | 2,413 |
| Spain | 341 | 1:137,103 | 10,339 |
| Malawi | 261 | 1:65,590 | 8,693 |
| Palestine | 253 | 1:17,980 | 2,993 |
| Sweden | 244 | 1:40,356 | 3,216 |
| Malaysia | 224 | 1:131,671 | 8,502 |
| Nigeria | 217 | 1:816,326 | 36,276 |
| Germany | 191 | 1:421,495 | 38,230 |
| South Africa | 179 | 1:302,669 | 29,078 |
| Jordan | 176 | 1:50,241 | 5,049 |
| France | 171 | 1:388,437 | 57,373 |
| Thailand | 162 | 1:436,039 | 76,421 |
| Norway | 153 | 1:33,610 | 4,715 |
| Denmark | 143 | 1:39,474 | 4,118 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| Hong Kong | 112 | 1:65,495 | 1,203 |
| Singapore | 111 | 1:49,619 | 1,908 |
| Tanzania | 86 | 1:615,600 | 37,853 |
| Lebanon | 82 | 1:68,745 | 4,937 |
| Netherlands | 80 | 1:211,090 | 28,733 |
| Tunisia | 75 | 1:8,142 | 1,365 |
| Wales | 57 | 1:54,290 | 4,971 |
| Switzerland | 53 | 1:154,961 | 14,619 |
| Israel | 48 | 1:178,284 | 17,874 |
| Greece | 47 | 1:235,740 | 36,293 |
| Belgium | 46 | 1:249,927 | 30,800 |
| Guyana | 43 | 1:17,726 | 2,302 |
| Indonesia | 39 | 1:3,391,005 | 183,158 |
| China | 36 | 1:37,981,155 | 2,028 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| New Zealand | 30 | 1:150,944 | 17,319 |
| Ireland | 27 | 1:174,405 | 7,679 |
| Finland | 27 | 1:203,582 | 17,121 |
| Brazil | 25 | 1:8,562,973 | 188,780 |
| Syria | 23 | 1:839,175 | 6,287 |
| Japan | 17 | 1:7,520,253 | 43,528 |
| Ecuador | 16 | 1:994,115 | 14,535 |
| Philippines | 12 | 1:8,436,519 | 202,133 |
| Uganda | 12 | 1:3,253,273 | 85,117 |
| Yemen | 12 | 1:2,202,108 | 13,606 |
| Italy | 10 | 1:6,115,669 | 111,715 |
| Ethiopia | 9 | 1:10,838,474 | 14,518 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 9 | 1:151,553 | 8,353 |
| Iceland | 7 | 1:54,299 | 3,881 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Argentina | 5 | 1:8,548,683 | 204,003 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Brunei | 4 | 1:104,683 | 2,048 |
| Congo | 4 | 1:1,247,274 | 20,238 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Mauritius | 4 | 1:323,354 | 10,053 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| Nepal | 3 | 1:9,493,652 | 16,132 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 2 | 1:55,188 | 6,229 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Cayman Islands | 1 | 1:63,893 | 2,384 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| Palau | 1 | 1:21,643 | 223 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Saleem (431,144) may also be a first name.
Saleem Demographics
Average Male Saleem Height
173.49 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Saleem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saleem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saleem (Dhivehi: ސަލީމ, Hindi: सलीम, Marathi: सलीम, Oriya: ସଲିମ, Russian: Салеем) occurs in Pakistan more than any other country or territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further possible spellings of Saleem.
How Common Is The Last Name Saleem? popularity and diffusion
It is the 622nd most widely held last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 8,356 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Saleem are found; 89 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,372nd most frequently occurring first name world-wide. It is borne by 431,144 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Pakistan, where it is borne by 726,546 people, or 1 in 246. In Pakistan Saleem is mostly found in: Punjab, where 59 percent live, Sindh, where 22 percent live and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 10 percent live. Without taking into account Pakistan this surname exists in 113 countries. It is also found in India, where 4 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 4 percent live.
Saleem Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the Saleem last name is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya and Sunni (60%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Saleem last name are 2.74% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 55.97% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Saleem earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 27.52% less than the national average, earning 250,848 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 263.28% more than the national average, earning R 863,280 per year; in United States they earn 7.64% more than the national average, earning $46,444 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.18% more than the national average, earning $51,262 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saleem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saleem in the Dhivehi language | ||
| ސަލީމ | salim | - |
| Saleem in the Hindi language | ||
| सलीम | salima | 99.14 |
| सालीम | salima | 0.36 |
| सालिम | salima | 0.2 |
| शलीम | salima | 0.12 |
| सलिम | salima | 0.08 |
| असलीम | asalima | 0.05 |
| शलिम | salima | 0.01 |
| सलाम | salama | 0.01 |
| सलमान | salamana | 0.01 |
| असलम | asalama | 0.01 |
| सलीमअे | salimaae | 0.01 |
| शालिम | salima | 0.01 |
| Saleem in the Marathi language | ||
| सलीम | salima | 98.24 |
| असलीम | asalima | 1.11 |
| सलमा | salama | 0.12 |
| सलाम | salama | 0.1 |
| असलम | asalama | 0.09 |
| असलाम | asalama | 0.04 |
| सलीमा | salima | 0.04 |
| सळीम | salima | 0.02 |
| शलीम | salima | 0.01 |
| सादुले | sadule | 0.01 |
| इसलाम | isalama | 0.01 |
| साबळे | sabale | 0.01 |
| माशाळे | masale | 0.01 |
| सािलम | sailama | 0.01 |
| सालेहा | saleha | 0.01 |
| सालेम | salema | 0.01 |
| सालीम | salima | 0.01 |
| सालम | salama | 0.01 |
| सलमी | salami | 0 |
| ईसलाम | isalama | 0 |
| सलेमान | salemana | 0 |
| सौलेहा | sauleha | 0 |
| सवाळे | savale | 0 |
| सलेमा | salema | 0 |
| सुलेमा | sulema | 0 |
| शदोले | sadole | 0 |
| सलामा | salama | 0 |
| शेमले | semale | 0 |
| सलीेम | saliema | 0 |
| सािळम | sailama | 0 |
| सलेहा | saleha | 0 |
| शालम | salama | 0 |
| सादूले | sadule | 0 |
| एसलीम | esalima | 0 |
| सलेह | saleha | 0 |
| सलम | salama | 0 |
| सालेमा | salema | 0 |
| आसलम | asalama | 0 |
| सलीमु | salimu | 0 |
| Saleem in the Oriya language | ||
| ସଲିମ | salima | 80 |
| ସଲିମ୍ | salim | 20 |
| Saleem in the Russian language | ||
| Салеем | saleem | - |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Saleem
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