How common is the surname Salim?

2,364 people in the United States had the surname Salim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. It ranked 12,986th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Salim?

In the 2010 Census, 37% of people named Salim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Who is the most famous person named Salim?

Abubakar Salim, British actor and game designer, followed by A. K. Salim.

Where is the surname Salim most common?

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

Is the surname Salim getting more or less common?

More common. 1,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,364 in 2010, up 20%.

Is Salim also a first name?

Yes. Salim is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Salim

A surname, carried by 2,364 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S450 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salim is more common than 92% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,364 people named Salim in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,979.

#12,986

rank among US surnames

2,364

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+19.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,989)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,978	Cron	2,366	130,493
#12,981	Moor	2,365	130,548
#12,986	Golub	2,364	130,603
#12,994	Beringer	2,363	130,658

Who is named Salim

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

37% of people named Salim identified as white (not Hispanic), 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 18% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 37%
Asian and Pacific Islander 34%
Black (not Hispanic) 18%
Two or more races 5.9%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Salims

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Abubakar Salim
British actor and game designer, born 1993
A. K. Salim
American musician (1922–2003)

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Salim

Salim 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 Salim?: 2,364 people in the United States had the surname Salim in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 130,603 Americans. It ranked 12,986th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Salim?: In the 2010 Census, 37% of people named Salim identified as white (not Hispanic), and 34% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Who is the most famous person named Salim?: Abubakar Salim, British actor and game designer, followed by A. K. Salim.
Where is the surname Salim most common?: Wikidata records people named Salim in the United Kingdom and the United States.
Is the surname Salim getting more or less common?: More common. 1,979 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,364 in 2010, up 20%.
Is Salim also a first name?: Yes. Salim is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.