The Salemme surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 465 people carried this name — #45,886 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 625,000 people counted. That is down 5% from 490 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Salemme surname
From Neapolitan Salemme, probably from Arabic سَلَام (salām, “peace”). Cfr. salamelecco.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Salemme» (Italian), 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 343 people named Salemme 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 83 people named Salemme.
19 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 10 départements, most often Bouches-du-Rhône.
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 print
Salemme in American newspapers,
1902–1915.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 174 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Salemme,
with a public archive behind them.
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Frank Salemme 1933–2022 -
Antonio Salemme 1892–1995 · painter
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Antonio Salemme 1892–1995 · painter
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Antonio Salemme 1892–1995 · painter
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Vincenzo Salemme 1957– · screenwriter
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Mónica Salemme 1957– · archaeologist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 8 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salemme.
- Saldana 34,434 · U.S. census
- Saldo 163 · U.S. census
- Sale 3,591 · U.S. census
- Saleh 9,656 · U.S. census
- Salem 8,404 · U.S. census
- Salemi 1,365 · U.S. census
- Salen 299 · U.S. census
- Salerno 9,440 · U.S. census
- Salery 102 · U.S. census
- Sales 10,439 · U.S. census
- Salet 100 · U.S. census
- Saley 301 · U.S. census
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