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The salem Surname

salem Name Meaning and History

Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic salim or salim ‘safe’, ‘secure’, ‘perfect’, ‘complete’. Salim ibn ?Umayr was one of the Companions of the Prophet Muhammad.
French (Alsace): habitational name from a place named Salem in Haut-Rhin, named for the holy city of Jerusalem.

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4

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Distribution of salem Families in the US in 1920

Number of salem families

21-40

8-20

1-7

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Thread	Author	Replies
obit for William P. Salem Jr.	tigerlily =';'=	3
ancestors	Denise Michelle Salem	10
Salem fr. the Philippines	Carlota Salem Lim	8
Looking for info. on WWII vet Sam Salem (sp?) stationed in Ohio	jillfazekas	0
Spc. Adriana N. Salem, 21, of Elk Grove Village, Ill., d. Iraq, March 2005	jasche	0
Frank Salem	44saloli	0
Mauro Salem	Joe Beierly	1
Zacharia Salim	ranfarmjrg1	0
Salem	sgsalem	1
Salem possibly of RI or Mass	Jennifer Workman	0

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