Salaam is used as a family name or surname in Nigeria. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Salaam
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Nigeria
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Salaam

How popular is Salaam?

Salaam is common in Nigeria.

Salaam is ranked 27239 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Salaams grew by 22.30102 per cent to 1552 since 2000 and ranked 17992 after elevating 1665 spots. The last name was found in around 5 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
Black 89.3 90.15
Hispanic or Latino 3.8 2.44
Others 2.9 2.84
White 2.51 3.23
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 1.1 0
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.39 0
Salaam is quite popular family name mostly used in Nigeria while Bermuda is ahead in terms of density. Around 18630 people have been found who wears Salaam as their family name. Salaam is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
3,712 Iceland10
527,030 Indonesia7
9,949 Trinidad and Tobago6
615,517 Russia6
2,370 Iraq5
2,955 Syria4
5,779 Uganda4
7,294 Kuwait3
3,224 Afghanistan3
4,302 Benin2
2,449 Yemen2
13,552 Qatar2
10,267 Sri Lanka2
20,186 Kenya2
24,766 Scotland2
28,232 Morocco2
6,900 Oman2
15,705 Cameroon1
151,601 Spain1
134,667 Zimbabwe1
31,584 Peru1
9,116 Nicaragua1
492,292 Ukraine1
53,505 Turkey1
10,958 Bangladesh1
169,904 Brazil1
49,101 Denmark1
277,603 France1
29,595 Iran1
153,416 Italy1
14,373 Jordan1
40,340 Malaysia1
56,169 Mexico1
47,891 Norway1
8,268 Mauritius1
1,433 Sierra Leone1
700 Somalia1
81,201 Switzerland1
1,005 The Gambia1
37,493 Austria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
3,004 Bahrain49
744 Maldives31
32,811 Sweden29
57,220 Netherlands27
110,032 Canada23
699 Bermuda13
5,704 Guyana11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,365 Lebanon84
Countries with hundreds of Salaam:
7,191 Egypt817
11,162 South Africa566
5,019 Ghana559
62,524 India439
10,478 Saudi Arabia308
19,436 Tanzania219
23,671 England210
6,068 United Arab Emirates161
Countries with thousands of Salaam:
19,964 United States1,611
5,442 Pakistan1,006
Countries with ten thousands of Salaam:
2,023 Nigeria12,380
Show Full Last Name Distribution

Salaam Namesakes

  • Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer, Poet
  • Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer, Poet
  • Bilal Salaam, Singer
  • Abdul Salaam, Football player
  • Bilal Salaam, Singer
  • Kalamu ya Salaam, Poet
  • Ephraim Salaam, Football tackle
  • Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer, Poet
  • Mirza Salaamat Ali Dabeer, Poet
  • Hasan Salaam, Rapper

Related Family Names: