The Salim surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 1,979 people carried this name — #13,989 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 137,000 people counted.
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In Belgium’s population register
At least 306 people named Salim 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 France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 193 people named Salim.
Most of them — 105 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Mayotte.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
164 people named Salim live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 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 print
Salim in American newspapers,
1877–1961.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 8,706 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Salim,
with a public archive behind them.
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Emil Salim 1930– · economist -
Salim Ahmed Salim 1942– · politician -
Rafiah Salim 1947– · lawyer -
Roshan Salim 1949– · field hockey player -
Omar Salim 1954–2023 · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 70 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salim.
- Salha 159 · U.S. census
- Sali 298 · U.S. census
- Saliba 1,809 · U.S. census
- Salic 124 · U.S. census
- Salice 140 · U.S. census
- Salih 706 · U.S. census
- Salin 376 · U.S. census
- Salina 608 · U.S. census
- Salinas 61,582 · U.S. census
- Saline 518 · U.S. census
- Saling 1,577 · U.S. census
- Salis 602 · U.S. census
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