Frequency: (627)
(number of times this surname appears in a sample database of 88.7 million names, representing one third of the 1997 US population)
Arabic: variant of Salib.
GIVEN NAMES: Arabic 10%; French 6%. Anis (2), Bassam (2), Beshara (2), Issam (2), Tammer (2), Assad, Charbel, Ghada, Ghassan, Issa, Jalal, Jamal; Georges (2), Pierre (2), Alcyone, Francois, Gisele, Hyacinthe, Jean-Claude.
See the Key to the Dictionary or consult the General Introduction for further explanation.
