Salama Family History
- Salama Name Meaning
- Muslim: from a personal name based on Arabic salamah ‘peace’. Salamah ibn ?Amr ibn al-Akwa was one of the ten Companions of the Prophet Muhammad. A related name is Salamah, meaning ‘safety’, ‘security’, or ‘integrity’. This name is found in combinations such as Salamat Allah (Salamatullah) meaning ‘security of Allah’. Jewish (Sephardic): Arabic translation (see 1) of the Hebrew name Shlomoh (see Salomon, Solomon).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 5,251 Historical Documents with Salama on Ancestry
- 2,627 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,061 Census and Voter Lists
- 126 Military Records
- 1,009 Immigration Records
- 428 Member Trees
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Salama census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the Canadian Passenger Lists
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