Salman

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic سَلْمَان (salmān).

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Salman (plural Salmans)

  1. A surname.
  2. A male given name.
    • 2021 October 4, Reuters, “Lars Vilks, Swedish cartoonist who depicted Mohammed, killed in car crash”, in CNN‎[1]:
      In 2015, one person was killed in Copenhagen at a meeting meant to mark the 25th anniversary of an Iranian fatwa against British writer Salman Rushdie, which Vilks attended.

Statistics

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Salman is the 13221st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2311 individuals. Salman is most common among White (67.89%) and Asian/Pacific Islander (17.31%) individuals.

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