The Salem surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,413 people carried this name — #5,019 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,000 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 558 people named Salem.
234 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 39 départements, most often La Réunion.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
248 people named Salem live in Switzerland.
They live in 14 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 199 people named Salem 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Poland’s population register
25 people named Salem have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 112 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 7 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Masovian.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salem.
- Salce 764 · U.S. census
- Salcedo 13,593 · U.S. census
- Saldana 25,386 · U.S. census
- Saldo 145 · U.S. census
- Sale 3,511 · U.S. census
- Saleh 5,813 · U.S. census
- Salemi 1,322 · U.S. census
- Salemme 490 · U.S. census
- Salen 290 · U.S. census
- Salerno 9,346 · U.S. census
- Salery 105 · U.S. census
- Sales 8,725 · U.S. census
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