The Salama surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,613 people carried this name — #17,472 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 181,800 people counted. That is up 56% from 1,033 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Salama surname
Borrowed from Arabic سلامة (salāma, “good health”). This surname is predominantly found in Egypt.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Salama» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 410 people named Salama live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in City of Buenos Aires.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 192 people named Salama.
Most of them — 124 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often La Réunion.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 147 people named Salama live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
96 people named Salama live in Switzerland.
They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In the Nordic population registers
527 people named Salama are counted in Finland and Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Salama,
with a public archive behind them.
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Rafaa Salameh d. 2024 · military personnel
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Nabih Salama 1908–1993 · poet
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Nabih Salama 1908–1993 · poet
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Nabih Salama 1908–1993 · poet
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Nabih Salama 1908–1993 · poet
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Nabih Salama 1908–1993 · poet
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salama.
- Saker 447 · U.S. census
- Sako 568 · U.S. census
- Sala 4,386 · U.S. census
- Saladin 1,107 · U.S. census
- Saladino 1,921 · U.S. census
- Salah 1,783 · U.S. census
- Salami 886 · U.S. census
- Salamon 1,933 · U.S. census
- Salamone 3,845 · U.S. census
- Salard 135 · U.S. census
- Salas 65,468 · U.S. census
- Salat 412 · U.S. census
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