Sàlem

surname · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Sàlem is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country. Recorded meaning: From Biblical Hebrew שָׁלֵם (šālēm) (Genesis 14:18).

rarermore common
  • EGEgypt≈1 in 1K(inferred from the name graph)
  • KWKuwait≈1 in 1.1K
  • TNTunisia≈1 in 2.2K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Egypt (inferred from the name graph)

≈100,000 people, est.

2 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
325 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 655 (inferred from the name graph)

Libya, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

SàlemLatin(measured from records)
สาเหล็มThai(measured from records)

2 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Salem in US United States, EG Egypt, TN Tunisia and 3 more and Sãlêm in LY Libya.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

From Biblical Hebrew שָׁלֵם (šālēm) (Genesis 14:18).

Sources 5

  • 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples)
  • Wiktionary
  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon
  • Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
  • Nordic Names

Attested across 25 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sàlem counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sàlem is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
EG Egypt≈100,000 est.≈1 in 1K—Salem175
SA Saudi Arabia≈23,000 est.≈1 in 1.5K—Salem161
LY Libya≈11,000 est.≈1 in 655—Sãlêm71
DZ Algeria≈9,200 est.≈1 in 4.7K—Salem64
US United States8,4041 in 40K8.8KSalem325
TN Tunisia≈5,200 est.≈1 in 2.2K—Salem82
KW Kuwait≈2,800 est.≈1 in 1.1K—Salem97

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sàlem is also recorded as another name, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English surname24 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Germany, United Kingdom, Netherlands

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written Salem, Šåĺĕm, Sålém, Salém, Sälem

1 further group record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Sàlem under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Sàlem mean, and where does it come from?
From Biblical Hebrew שָׁלֵם (šālēm) (Genesis 14:18). Recorded by 국립국어원 외래어 표기 용례 자료 (NIKL loanword/foreign-name transcription examples) and Wiktionary and 3 other sources.
In which country does Sàlem have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 100 thousand people named Sàlem in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled salem.
How common is the name Sàlem?
In the United States, the national register counted 8,404 people named Sàlem in 2010, about 1 in 40 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sàlem”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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