Salém Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Salém Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
The alternate forms: Salem (1,105,982) & Salèm (1) are calculated separately.
Salém Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salém Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salém is most common in Brazil. It can be rendered as a variant: Salem or Salèm. For other possible spellings of Salém click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salém? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 7,117,718th most numerous surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. Salém is predominantly found in The Americas, where 71 percent of Salém are found; 43 percent are found in South America and 43 percent are found in Luso-South America.
The surname Salém is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 71,358,111. In Brazil Salém is most prevalent in: Paraná, where 67 percent are found and São Paulo, where 33 percent are found. Outside of Brazil Salém exists in 3 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 29 percent are found and Algeria, where 14 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Salém
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