Salm is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 4 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Salm
No. of characters: 4
Origin: United States
Meaning: Name worn in the East, which comes from the river Salm (probably once abundant salmon). It was the name of a former county of the Holy Empire, the Salm-Salm, divided into Lower Salm (Ardennes) and High-Salm (Vosges). Upper Salm became a principality in the seventeenth century, and was attached to France in 1793. The surname was asked to nominate one that was from Salm County.

How popular is Salm?

Salm is common in United States.

Salm is ranked 18843 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Salm bearers increased by 4.364695 per cent in 2010 US census to 1076 since 2000, the surname slipped by 459 spots and ranked at 23587. The last name was found in around 4 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.72 95.73
Hispanic or Latino 2.88 1.07
Others 0.74 2.13
Salm is quite popular family name mostly used in Egypt while Libya is ahead in terms of density. Around 27644 people have been found who wears Salm as their family name. Salm is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
742 Yemen7
25,156 Azerbaijan5
10,329 Pakistan3
32,086 Mexico3
4,881 Oman3
17,547 Colombia2
15,591 Burkina Faso2
4,231 Jamaica2
35,969 Denmark2
8,657 Lebanon2
5,936 Bahrain2
7,574 Bangladesh2
82,478 South Africa2
10,858 Tunisia2
6,820 Angola1
3,586 Honduras1
29,595 Iran1
7,314 Bolivia1
42,479 Greece1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
2,613 The Bahamas1
66,560 Philippines1
12,745 Luxembourg1
5,589 Sudan1
36,678 Singapore1
47,891 Norway1
53,033 Nigeria1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
20,906 Israel47
219,714 Russia39
37,591 Belgium37
8,720 Qatar29
11,387 Ireland22
42,407 Sweden22
24,534 New Zealand17
186,451 Ukraine16
355,817 Indonesia15
94,038 Spain11
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
166,144 India96
43,643 England91
3,974 Mauritania73
9,536 Finland72
51,036 Tanzania61
66,582 Argentina60
85,668 Italy56
17,601 United Arab Emirates54
Countries with hundreds of Salm:
11,594 Algeria536
1,959 Jordan524
10,900 Morocco470
2,455 Switzerland450
23,687 France416
36,063 Brazil318
9,216 Netherlands306
958 Estonia199
23,681 Canada147
31,070 Turkey140
19,364 Australia132
3,092 Kuwait122
12,545 Austria105
15,665 Malaysia101
Countries with thousands of Salm:
1,228 Egypt8,069
869 Iraq4,937
4,023 Germany2,219
1,727 Syria2,058
1,750 Saudi Arabia2,039
322 Libya2,024
21,673 United States1,462
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Ming Groat
Salm is a surname Lorraine, name of country of origin, representing two former small counts of germany, also named Lower Rhine hamlet.

Salm Namesakes

  • Aaro Salmela, Author
  • Sultan bin Salman Al Saud, Astronaut
  • Mohammad Bin Salman Al Saud, Defense Minister of Saudi Arabia
  • Abram Salmon Benenson, Author
  • Abu Salma, Poet
  • John Salmons, Basketball player
  • İlyas Salman, Actor
  • Agha Salman, Cricket Player
  • Peyman Salmani, Soccer player
  • Vexi Salmi, Lyricist

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