Salem Surname
Approximately 1,105,982 people bear this surname
Salem Surname User-submission:
Salem, in Arabic, is an adjective, which means 'unharmed' or 'safe'; for example if you went on a trip and came back unharmed its known that you came back salem.
Salem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 314,808 | 1:292 | 18 |
| Yemen | 201,862 | 1:131 | 10 |
| Libya | 147,315 | 1:42 | 2 |
| Iraq | 114,193 | 1:307 | 56 |
| Saudi Arabia | 77,553 | 1:398 | 15 |
| Mauritania | 50,516 | 1:81 | 8 |
| Syria | 33,203 | 1:581 | 76 |
| Jordan | 24,103 | 1:367 | 32 |
| Algeria | 22,180 | 1:1,742 | 168 |
| United Arab Emirates | 12,793 | 1:716 | 68 |
| Philippines | 12,151 | 1:8,332 | 762 |
| Sudan | 12,040 | 1:3,115 | 437 |
| United States | 9,355 | 1:38,745 | 4,772 |
| Palestine | 9,187 | 1:495 | 40 |
| Iran | 7,957 | 1:9,650 | 1,319 |
| Kuwait | 6,527 | 1:582 | 49 |
| Afghanistan | 5,653 | 1:5,688 | 507 |
| Lebanon | 5,367 | 1:1,050 | 193 |
| Morocco | 4,430 | 1:7,782 | 1,011 |
| Indonesia | 3,093 | 1:42,758 | 4,899 |
| Israel | 2,635 | 1:3,248 | 446 |
| Ethiopia | 2,576 | 1:37,867 | 4,280 |
| Bahrain | 2,189 | 1:616 | 56 |
| Oman | 1,956 | 1:1,885 | 275 |
| India | 1,667 | 1:460,147 | 23,636 |
| Qatar | 1,623 | 1:1,453 | 111 |
| Bangladesh | 1,532 | 1:104,019 | 4,444 |
| Pakistan | 1,433 | 1:124,664 | 3,622 |
| France | 1,278 | 1:51,974 | 6,832 |
| Brazil | 1,160 | 1:184,547 | 7,139 |
| Chad | 1,155 | 1:11,768 | 1,513 |
| England | 1,135 | 1:49,091 | 6,121 |
| Canada | 1,132 | 1:32,549 | 4,223 |
| Tunisia | 1,069 | 1:571 | 20 |
| Nigeria | 974 | 1:181,871 | 11,143 |
| Djibouti | 924 | 1:990 | 112 |
| Argentina | 836 | 1:51,128 | 4,311 |
| Spain | 494 | 1:94,640 | 7,857 |
| Ghana | 485 | 1:55,713 | 5,980 |
| Australia | 435 | 1:62,059 | 7,489 |
| Thailand | 407 | 1:173,559 | 28,074 |
| Germany | 404 | 1:199,271 | 22,903 |
| Ecuador | 370 | 1:42,989 | 4,427 |
| Sweden | 356 | 1:27,659 | 2,254 |
| Malaysia | 354 | 1:83,317 | 5,853 |
| Mexico | 307 | 1:404,320 | 7,991 |
| Austria | 187 | 1:45,537 | 7,281 |
| South Africa | 159 | 1:340,740 | 31,565 |
| Netherlands | 139 | 1:121,490 | 19,071 |
| Italy | 129 | 1:474,083 | 49,291 |
| Russia | 129 | 1:1,117,233 | 83,491 |
| Singapore | 116 | 1:47,480 | 1,839 |
| Denmark | 115 | 1:49,084 | 5,081 |
| DR Congo | 109 | 1:677,794 | 49,381 |
| Venezuela | 102 | 1:296,118 | 6,872 |
| Turkey | 98 | 1:794,096 | 38,963 |
| Papua New Guinea | 93 | 1:87,674 | 11,644 |
| Switzerland | 93 | 1:88,311 | 9,808 |
| Peru | 87 | 1:365,335 | 12,291 |
| Greece | 70 | 1:158,283 | 25,926 |
| Belgium | 68 | 1:169,068 | 23,042 |
| Dominican Republic | 62 | 1:168,273 | 6,481 |
| New Caledonia | 62 | 1:4,455 | 817 |
| French Polynesia | 61 | 1:4,603 | 1,039 |
| Norway | 53 | 1:97,024 | 13,264 |
| Honduras | 49 | 1:179,927 | 2,138 |
| Paraguay | 49 | 1:147,689 | 3,066 |
| Chile | 47 | 1:374,819 | 10,292 |
| Romania | 44 | 1:456,315 | 35,605 |
| Scotland | 42 | 1:127,472 | 7,985 |
| Ukraine | 34 | 1:1,338,903 | 111,766 |
| Finland | 33 | 1:166,567 | 14,872 |
| Estonia | 31 | 1:42,639 | 8,109 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 31 | 1:3,560 | 588 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| China | 26 | 1:52,589,291 | 2,849 |
| Colombia | 26 | 1:1,837,464 | 11,767 |
| New Zealand | 24 | 1:188,680 | 19,801 |
| Uzbekistan | 22 | 1:1,405,870 | 25,726 |
| Wales | 22 | 1:140,661 | 10,115 |
| Bulgaria | 18 | 1:387,717 | 18,370 |
| Kenya | 18 | 1:2,565,550 | 37,160 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Poland | 18 | 1:2,111,597 | 101,748 |
| Angola | 16 | 1:1,686,826 | 3,823 |
| Tanzania | 16 | 1:3,308,851 | 50,463 |
| Ireland | 15 | 1:313,929 | 10,911 |
| Kazakhstan | 14 | 1:1,263,035 | 68,752 |
| Northern Ireland | 13 | 1:141,926 | 7,751 |
| Niger | 13 | 1:1,476,309 | 30,154 |
| Senegal | 12 | 1:1,214,945 | 3,496 |
| Czechia | 11 | 1:966,679 | 76,885 |
| Cambodia | 10 | 1:1,548,715 | 6,449 |
| Cameroon | 10 | 1:2,076,907 | 105,188 |
| Croatia | 10 | 1:422,860 | 35,095 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
| Japan | 7 | 1:18,263,470 | 47,869 |
| Monaco | 7 | 1:5,295 | 668 |
| Uganda | 7 | 1:5,577,040 | 114,218 |
| Ivory Coast | 6 | 1:3,845,205 | 48,272 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | 6 | 1:9,097 | 939 |
| Panama | 6 | 1:652,043 | 10,051 |
| Vietnam | 6 | 1:15,441,009 | 3,090 |
| El Salvador | 5 | 1:1,268,778 | 4,375 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Cyprus | 4 | 1:221,219 | 8,471 |
| Eritrea | 4 | 1:1,187,975 | 480 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Iceland | 4 | 1:95,022 | 4,787 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Somaliland | 4 | 1:875,046 | 1,198 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Nicaragua | 3 | 1:2,007,030 | 6,490 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3 | 1:454,658 | 14,297 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Moldova | 2 | 1:1,780,684 | 55,103 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Bhutan | 1 | 1:616,039 | 1,715 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Fiji | 1 | 1:894,391 | 4,568 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 1:1,728,021 | 323 |
| Guyana | 1 | 1:762,221 | 14,420 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Jersey | 1 | 1:99,202 | 6,620 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| North Macedonia | 1 | 1:2,101,472 | 31,546 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 | 1:55,199 | 1,294 |
| Saint Martin | 1 | 1:35,156 | 229 |
| San Marino | 1 | 1:33,214 | 932 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Tajikistan | 1 | 1:8,386,692 | 12,859 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 10 | 1:2,437,537 | 68,340 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:3,743,216 | 32,299 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 125 | 1:401,749 | 29,788 |
The alternate forms: Salém (7) & Salèm (1) are calculated separately.
Salem (575,458) may also be a first name.
Salem Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Salem, in Arabic, is an adjective, which means 'unharmed' or 'safe'; for example if you went on a trip and came back unharmed its known that you came back salem.
- salemhanafiSalem Demographics
Average Salem Salary in
United States
$48,054 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Salem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salem (Arabic: شاليم, Bengali: সালেম, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﺎﻟﻢ, Hindi: सलेम, Marathi: सालेम, Oriya: ସାେଲମ, Russian: Салем) is found in Egypt more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as: Salém or Salèm. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salem? popularity and diffusion
The surname Salem is the 475th most frequently held surname on earth, borne by around 1 in 6,589 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 51 percent of Salem live; 45 percent live in North Africa and 43 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 1,737th most frequent first name on earth It is held by 575,458 people.
Salem is most commonly used in Egypt, where it is borne by 314,808 people, or 1 in 292. Barring Egypt Salem occurs in 161 countries. It is also found in Yemen, where 18 percent are found and Libya, where 13 percent are found.
Salem Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Salem has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Salem surname expanded 7,484 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 11,350 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it expanded 4,200 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Salem Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Salem last name is primarily Muslim (100%) in Russia, Christian (100%) in Kenya and Sunni (35%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Salem last name are 2.66% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 50.57% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Salem earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 52.49% less than the national average, earning €14,266 per year; in Norway they earn 12.86% less than the national average, earning 301,586 kr per year; in Peru they earn 355.18% more than the national average, earning S/. 88,236 per year; in South Africa they earn 1.09% less than the national average, earning R 235,056 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.01% more than the national average, earning $25,655,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 11.37% more than the national average, earning $48,054 USD per year and in Canada they earn 21.51% more than the national average, earning $60,371 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salem in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାେଲମ | saelama | 93.62 |
| ସାେଲମ୍ | saelam | 6.38 |
| Salem in the Bengali language | ||
| সালেম | salema | 90.91 |
| সালেমকুমার | salemakumara | 9.09 |
| Salem in the Hindi language | ||
| सलेम | salema | 81.08 |
| सलीम | salima | 13.81 |
| सालेम | salema | 3 |
| सालिम | salima | 1.8 |
| सलिम | salima | 0.3 |
| Salem in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﺎﻟﻢ | salm | 79.01 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻢ | alsalm | 20.33 |
| ﺳﺎﺍﻟﻢ | saalm | 0.02 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻤﻪ | salmh | 0.02 |
| ﺍﺳﻠﻢ | aslm | 0.02 |
| ﺳﻼﻡ | slam | 0.01 |
| ﻭﺳﺎﻟﻢ | wsalm | 0.01 |
| ﺳﻸﻡ | slam | 0.01 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻚ | salk | 0.01 |
| ﻧﺎﺟﻢ | najm | 0.01 |
| ﺳﺎﺍﻡ | saam | 0.01 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻡ | alsam | 0.01 |
| ﻳﺴﺎﻟﻢ | ysalm | 0.01 |
| ﻳﺎﻟﻢ | yalm | 0.01 |
| ﺍﺳﺎﻟﻢ | asalm | 0.01 |
| Salem in the Marathi language | ||
| सालेम | salema | 62.26 |
| सलेम | salema | 17.61 |
| सलीम | salima | 14.47 |
| सलामे | salame | 1.26 |
| सालोम | saloma | 0.63 |
| सालम | salama | 0.63 |
| असलीं | asalim | 0.63 |
| Salem in the Russian language | ||
| Салем | salem | - |
| Salem in the Arabic language | ||
| شاليم | shalym | - |
| سيلم | sylm | - |
| السالم | alsalm | - |
| سالم | salm | - |
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