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    The surname Salameh

    An Arabic surname, carried by 1,438 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex S450

    Salameh: #18,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Salameh #18,971, 1,438 people Salameh: #18,971 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Salameh #18,971, 1,438 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salameh is more common than 88.3% of them.

    Origin

    Arabic origin

    Variant of Salama.

    One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,438 people named Salameh in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,705 Americans. That is up 48% since 2000, when the Census counted 972.

    #18,971
    rank among US surnames
    1,438
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +47.9%
    change since 2000 (was #24,180)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,971Pen1,438214,705
    #18,977Callas1,437214,854

    Who is named Salameh

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

    88% of people named Salameh identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.2% as two or more races and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Two or more races 6.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Salameh

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

    Other Arabic surnames

    All 179 Arabic surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Salameh come from?
    Variant of Salama.
    How common is the surname Salameh?
    1,438 people in the United States had the surname Salameh in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,705 Americans. It ranked 18,971st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Salameh?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Salameh identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.2% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Salameh getting more or less common?
    More common. 972 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,438 in 2010, up 48%.