# Salahuddin (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/salahuddin/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 916 |
| US rank (2010) | 26,598 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 337,058 people |
| Change since 2000 | +35% (678 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَلَاحُ الدِّين (ṣalāḥu d-dīn), from which also Saladin. This surname is predominantly found in Bangladesh.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Salahuddin in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 4.6% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 51% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 37% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.6% |
| Two or more races | 3.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Salahuddin in the United States.

## People named Salahuddin

- Bashir Salahuddin, American actor, writer, and comedian

## Similar surnames

Saldana, Saladino, Saladin, Shelton, Sheldon, Skelton, Slayton, Slaton, Sultana, Sultan, Scholten, Seldon.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.