The Saliba surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,245 people carried this name — #13,509 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 131,600 people counted. That is up 24% from 1,809 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 299 people named Saliba.
Most of them — 241 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 178 people named Saliba 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 Switzerland’s population statistics
86 people named Saliba live in Switzerland.
They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Aargau.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 65 people named Saliba 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 Antwerp.
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 the Nordic population registers
793 people named Saliba is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
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).
In print
Saliba in American newspapers,
1905–1959.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,905 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Saliba,
with a public archive behind them.
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Jirjis Hammam 1856–1921 · writer -
George Saliba 1939– · historian -
Nicky Saliba 1966– · association football coach -
Vivian Saliba 1993– · poker player -
Najat Saliba 2000– · chemist -
Jamīl Ṣalībā 1902–1976 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 48 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Saliba.
- Sales 10,439 · U.S. census
- Salet 100 · U.S. census
- Saley 301 · U.S. census
- Salgado 45,469 · U.S. census
- Salha 205 · U.S. census
- Sali 329 · U.S. census
- Salic 187 · U.S. census
- Salice 117 · U.S. census
- Salih 1,339 · U.S. census
- Salim 2,364 · U.S. census
- Salin 414 · U.S. census
- Salina 613 · U.S. census
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