Salem Family History
Salem Name Meaning
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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Historical Documents & Family Trees with Salem
Name Distribution of Salem Families
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England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Salem families
 9 - 15  4 - 8 |
 1 - 3  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Salem census records
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Salem Family Origin
Salem Emigration Information (US)
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from the New York Passenger Lists
Salem Family Occupations
from 1881 UK Census Data
Salem census records
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