How common is the surname Saleem?

3,317 people in the United States had the surname Saleem in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,080 Americans. It ranked 9,767th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Saleem?

Aliyah Saleem, author and secular activist, followed by Kashif.

Where is the surname Saleem most common?

Wikidata records people named Saleem in the United Kingdom and the United States.

Is the surname Saleem getting more or less common?

More common. 2,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,317 in 2010, up 57%.

The surname Saleem

A surname, carried by 3,317 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). Saleem is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,317 people named Saleem in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,080 Americans. That is up 57% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,114.

#9,767

rank among US surnames

3,317

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

+56.9%

change since 2000 (was #13,240)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,760	Penton	3,321	92,968
#9,761	Struck	3,320	92,996
#9,765	Channell	3,318	93,052
#9,767	Percival	3,317	93,080
#9,770	Parekh	3,316	93,108

Who is named Saleem

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

58% of people named Saleem identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 21% as Black (not Hispanic) and 14% as white (not Hispanic).

Asian and Pacific Islander 58%
Black (not Hispanic) 21%
White (not Hispanic) 14%
Two or more races 5.0%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.0%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

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

Famous Saleems

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Aliyah Saleem
Author and secular activist, born 1989
Kashif
American musician (1956–2016)

Notable Saleems come mostly from the United Kingdom (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Saleem

Saleem 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 Saleem?: 3,317 people in the United States had the surname Saleem in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,080 Americans. It ranked 9,767th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Saleem?: In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Saleem identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 21% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Saleem?: Aliyah Saleem, author and secular activist, followed by Kashif.
Where is the surname Saleem most common?: Wikidata records people named Saleem in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Saleem getting more or less common?: More common. 2,114 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,317 in 2010, up 57%.