Salme Surname
Approximately 6,391 people bear this surname
Salme Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 4,813 | 1:37,117 | 1,695 |
| Ecuador | 366 | 1:43,459 | 4,446 |
| Egypt | 275 | 1:334,312 | 21,412 |
| Cameroon | 165 | 1:125,873 | 14,288 |
| Belgium | 146 | 1:78,744 | 12,427 |
| Philippines | 91 | 1:1,112,508 | 90,748 |
| Brazil | 90 | 1:2,378,604 | 73,132 |
| Estonia | 58 | 1:22,790 | 4,104 |
| United States | 56 | 1:6,472,481 | 306,764 |
| Italy | 53 | 1:1,153,900 | 73,671 |
| France | 48 | 1:1,383,807 | 136,859 |
| Mauritania | 38 | 1:107,760 | 6,553 |
| Niger | 38 | 1:505,053 | 13,208 |
| Latvia | 30 | 1:68,335 | 10,134 |
| India | 21 | 1:36,526,923 | 420,161 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Spain | 10 | 1:4,675,204 | 78,608 |
| Finland | 9 | 1:610,745 | 34,002 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Sweden | 4 | 1:2,461,689 | 157,534 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 6 | 1:8,369,781 | 355,680 |
The alternate forms: Salmè (33), Salmé (8) & Šalme (1) are calculated separately.
Salme (165,371) may also be a first name.
Salme Demographics
Average Salme Salary in
United States
$42,299 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Salme Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salme Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salme (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻤﻪ, Hindi: सलमे, Marathi: सालमे, Russian: Сальме) is carried by more people in Pakistan than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant: Salmè, Salmé or Šalme. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salme? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 76,651st most commonly used family name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 1,140,283 people. It occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Salme are found; 76 percent are found in South Asia and 75 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 6,368th most commonly occurring given name at a global level, borne by 165,371 people.
The last name is most common in Pakistan, where it is borne by 4,813 people, or 1 in 37,117. In Pakistan Salme is most frequent in: Sindh, where 39 percent are found, Punjab, where 32 percent are found and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where 22 percent are found. Besides Pakistan Salme exists in 45 countries. It is also found in Ecuador, where 6 percent are found and Egypt, where 4 percent are found.
Salme Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Salme has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Salme last name expanded 933 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Salme Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Salme last name are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Salme earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 233.27% more than the national average, earning €100,082 per year and in United States they earn 1.97% less than the national average, earning $42,299 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salme Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salme in the Hindi language | ||
| सलमे | salame | 98.35 |
| सल्मे | salme | 1.18 |
| सलमी | salami | 0.12 |
| Salme in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻤﻪ | alsalmh | 70.35 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻤﺔ | alsalmt | 21.41 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻟﻢ | alsalm | 2.71 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻤﻪ | salmh | 2.47 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻢ | salm | 1.18 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻤﺔ | salmt | 0.47 |
| ﺳﻠﻤﻪ | slmh | 0.35 |
| ﺳﻠﻤﻰ | slmy | 0.24 |
| Salme in the Marathi language | ||
| सालमे | salame | 38.89 |
| सलामे | salame | 22.22 |
| सलमे | salame | 11.11 |
| साळवे | salave | 11.11 |
| सलाम | salama | 11.11 |
| सलमा | salama | 5.56 |
| Salme in the Russian language | ||
| Сальме | salme | - |
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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 Salme
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