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    The surname Salam

    A Manipuri surname, carried by 1,280 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex S450

    Salam: #20,676 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Salam #20,676, 1,280 people Salam: #20,676 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Salam #20,676, 1,280 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salam is more common than 87.3% of them.

    Origin

    Manipuri origin

    From Manipuri ꯁꯂꯥꯝ (salām).

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,280 people named Salam in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 241,207 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 867.

    #20,676
    rank among US surnames
    1,280
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +47.6%
    change since 2000 (was #26,469)

    Who is named Salam

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

    50% of people named Salam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 28% as white (not Hispanic) and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 50%
    • White (not Hispanic) 28%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Two or more races 3.8%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.7%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Salam

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Salam come from?
    From Manipuri ꯁꯂꯥꯝ (salām).
    How common is the surname Salam?
    1,280 people in the United States had the surname Salam in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 241,207 Americans. It ranked 20,676th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Salam?
    In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Salam identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 28% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Salam getting more or less common?
    More common. 867 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,280 in 2010, up 48%.