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 last name Waslam (Arabic: وسلم) occurs most in Indonesia. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Waslam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 550,571st most commonly occurring surname internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 12,564,734 people. Waslam is predominantly found in Asia, where 73 percent of Waslam are found; 69 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 69 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 164,278th most frequently occurring given name at a global level, borne by 2,098 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Indonesia, where it is held by 402 people, or 1 in 328,978. In Indonesia it is most frequent in: Central Java, where 78 percent live, West Java, where 16 percent live and Lampung, where 5 percent live. Excluding Indonesia this last name is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 26 percent live and Qatar, where 3 percent live.

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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