Waslam Surname

550,571st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 580 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Qatar

Waslam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Waslam Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia4021:328,97828,772
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
Qatar161:147,37516,023
Afghanistan21:16,076,59243,178
Niger21:9,596,00886,358
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
France11:66,422,722504,397
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Waslam (2,098) may also be a first name.

Waslam Last Name Facts

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

The surname Waslam (Arabic: وسلم) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Waslam.

How Common Is The Last Name Waslam? popularity and diffusion

Waslam is the 550,571st most prevalent surname on a global scale, borne by approximately 1 in 12,564,734 people. The last name Waslam is predominantly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Waslam reside; 69 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 69 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 164,278th most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 2,098 people.

Waslam is most frequent in Indonesia, where it is carried by 402 people, or 1 in 328,978. In Indonesia Waslam is mostly found in: Central Java, where 78 percent are found, West Java, where 16 percent are found and Lampung, where 5 percent are found. Beside Indonesia Waslam occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 26 percent are found and Qatar, where 3 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Wayslam925/
Waislam921/
Wasslam921/
Wahdslam861/
Wayslame861/
Baslam832,349/
Waslan83262/
Weslam8331/
Vaslam834/
Basslam77205/
Wasland7768/
Bayslam776/
Wasslan774/
Waszlan771/
Baslaim771/
Baaslam771/
Weislam771/
Waslian771/
Weaslan770/
Washlaun712/
Weislame712/
Waysllan711/
Waislane711/
Wassland711/
Waysland711/
Waslanck710/
Baslan671,402/
Boslam6779/
Wazlan6711/
Baslom677/
Uaslan671/
Bazlam671/
Vaslan671/
Ueslam671/
Waslon671/
Veslam671/
Vaslom671/
Washlanck670/

Waslam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Waslam in the Arabic language
وسلمwslm-

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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 Waslam
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