Salama
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English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from Arabic سلامة (salāma, “good health”). This surname is predominantly found in Egypt.
Proper noun
Salama (plural Salamas)
- A surname from Arabic.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Salama is the 17472nd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1613 individuals. Salama is most common among White (87.41%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Salama”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
< salama (“lightning, thunderbolt”)
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Salama
- a Finnish surname
Declension
| Inflection of Salama (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | Salama | Salamat | |
| genitive | Salaman | Salamien | |
| partitive | Salamaa | Salamia | |
| illative | Salamaan | Salamiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | Salama | Salamat | |
| accusative | nom. | Salama | Salamat |
| gen. | Salaman | ||
| genitive | Salaman | Salamien Salamain rare | |
| partitive | Salamaa | Salamia | |
| inessive | Salamassa | Salamissa | |
| elative | Salamasta | Salamista | |
| illative | Salamaan | Salamiin | |
| adessive | Salamalla | Salamilla | |
| ablative | Salamalta | Salamilta | |
| allative | Salamalle | Salamille | |
| essive | Salamana | Salamina | |
| translative | Salamaksi | Salamiksi | |
| abessive | Salamatta | Salamitta | |
| instructive | — | Salamin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Statistics
- Salama is the 2625th (tied with 5 other surnames) most common surname in Finland, belonging to 304 individuals, according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.