Family name 萨拉姆 (Saram 
, 萨拉姆 
) , globally, is quite a common cognomen. The family name 萨拉姆 is characteristic of Sri Lanka, where it is quite a common surname, Suriname, where it is quite a rare surname, and Singapore, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Sri Lanka, India, and Indonesia. Likewise, 萨拉姆 is the forename as well as the last name.