How common is the surname Salaam?

1,552 people in the United States had the surname Salaam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,934 Americans. It ranked 17,992nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Salaam?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Salaam identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Salaam?

Mookie Salaam, American sprinter.

Where is the surname Salaam most common?

Wikidata records people named Salaam in the United States.

Is the surname Salaam getting more or less common?

More common. 1,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,552 in 2010, up 22%.

The surname Salaam

A surname, carried by 1,552 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salaam is more common than 88.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,552 people named Salaam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 198,934 Americans. That is up 22% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,269.

#17,992

rank among US surnames

1,552

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+22.3%

change since 2000 (was #19,657)

Who is named Salaam

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

89% of people named Salaam identified as Black (not Hispanic), 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.9% as two or more races.

Black (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
Two or more races 2.9%
White (not Hispanic) 2.5%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

Famous Salaams

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Mookie Salaam
American sprinter, born 1990

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Salaam

Salaam has the Soundex code S450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S450.

Questions

How common is the surname Salaam?: 1,552 people in the United States had the surname Salaam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 198,934 Americans. It ranked 17,992nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Salaam?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Salaam identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Salaam?: Mookie Salaam, American sprinter.
Where is the surname Salaam most common?: Wikidata records people named Salaam in the United States.
Is the surname Salaam getting more or less common?: More common. 1,269 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,552 in 2010, up 22%.