Salah Forename
642nd
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,253,800 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Algeria
Highest density in:
Libya
Salah Forename Definition:
Say'-lah, mission, branches, that spoils. The son of Arphaxad; or the son of Cainan, and grandson of Arphaxad. See Gen. xi. 12 15; Luke iii. 36.
Salah Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 100% | 233,430 | 1:164 | 23 |
| Sudan | 100% | 215,367 | 1:176 | 15 |
| Egypt | 100% | 209,639 | 1:438 | 82 |
| Libya | - | 95,847 | 1:65 | 7 |
| Morocco | 100% | 90,679 | 1:379 | 85 |
| Iraq | 100% | 69,495 | 1:504 | 117 |
| Yemen | - | 64,391 | 1:408 | 72 |
| Pakistan | 92% | 43,222 | 1:4,497 | 669 |
| Bangladesh | 100% | 30,060 | 1:5,305 | 732 |
| Somalia | - | 27,525 | 1:491 | 83 |
| Kuwait | - | 25,817 | 1:147 | 11 |
| Iran | 83% | 23,186 | 1:3,386 | 443 |
| Jordan | 100% | 16,346 | 1:540 | 143 |
| Syria | - | 15,814 | 1:1,221 | 234 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 13,524 | 1:7,214 | 1,119 |
| Palestine | 100% | 9,909 | 1:459 | 113 |
| France | 100% | 7,222 | 1:9,204 | 627 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 6,504 | 1:1,100 | 112 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 5,047 | 1:1,115 | 239 |
| Kenya | 16% | 4,916 | 1:9,420 | 1,229 |
| Niger | 92% | 4,467 | 1:4,295 | 534 |
| Tanzania | 95% | 3,509 | 1:15,044 | 1,692 |
| United States | 100% | 3,315 | 1:109,363 | 4,714 |
| Spain | 100% | 3,127 | 1:14,880 | 978 |
| Oman | 100% | 3,035 | 1:1,354 | 207 |
| India | 70% | 2,837 | 1:428,226 | 36,050 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 2,798 | 1:11,012 | 1,554 |
| Somaliland | 100% | 2,631 | 1:1,331 | 233 |
| Afghanistan | 54% | 1,968 | 1:16,577 | 1,375 |
| Malawi | 98% | 1,586 | 1:10,790 | 1,173 |
| Tunisia | 100% | 1,554 | 1:436 | 70 |
| Mali | 79% | 1,436 | 1:11,823 | 956 |
| Chad | 89% | 1,359 | 1:10,006 | 1,616 |
| Nigeria | 63% | 1,331 | 1:133,407 | 6,757 |
| England | 100% | 1,120 | 1:49,645 | 2,357 |
| Djibouti | - | 979 | 1:935 | 199 |
| Canada | 100% | 914 | 1:36,251 | 2,709 |
| Sweden | 100% | 691 | 1:14,266 | 1,112 |
| Germany | 100% | 587 | 1:164,698 | 2,806 |
| Israel | 85% | 505 | 1:16,639 | 1,705 |
| Poland | 100% | 424 | 1:89,687 | 2,012 |
| Belgium | 100% | 398 | 1:28,869 | 1,856 |
| Uganda | 97% | 335 | 1:122,259 | 5,136 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 329 | 1:12,448 | 1,037 |
| Cambodia | 86% | 305 | 1:53,355 | 3,137 |
| Indonesia | - | 303 | 1:851,365 | 55,354 |
| Thailand | 100% | 294 | 1:238,319 | 14,711 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 248 | 1:68,154 | 4,137 |
| Ghana | - | 225 | 1:119,939 | 4,817 |
| Italy | 90% | 222 | 1:275,054 | 3,542 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 208 | 1:46,360 | 2,982 |
| Turkey | 99% | 202 | 1:385,157 | 6,152 |
| Bahrain | - | 178 | 1:7,577 | 1,232 |
| Brazil | 100% | 164 | 1:1,306,318 | 31,545 |
| Philippines | 86% | 159 | 1:666,726 | 20,434 |
| Denmark | - | 152 | 1:37,168 | 1,612 |
| Norway | 100% | 152 | 1:33,765 | 1,632 |
| Malaysia | 78% | 149 | 1:204,362 | 11,740 |
| Russia | 100% | 144 | 1:1,001,623 | 8,623 |
| Zambia | - | 131 | 1:121,029 | 5,227 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 108 | 1:76,051 | 2,724 |
| Chile | 57% | 81 | 1:217,373 | 3,841 |
| Austria | 85% | 79 | 1:107,775 | 2,191 |
| Ireland | 92% | 68 | 1:68,287 | 1,962 |
| Australia | - | 67 | 1:203,845 | 5,065 |
| DR Congo | 56% | 62 | 1:1,190,768 | 33,715 |
| Romania | 100% | 60 | 1:334,200 | 10,066 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 59 | 1:511,896 | 13,629 |
| Papua New Guinea | 90% | 46 | 1:177,224 | 15,289 |
| Wales | 100% | 46 | 1:67,268 | 2,025 |
| Greece | 100% | 43 | 1:254,292 | 4,640 |
| Nepal | 100% | 42 | 1:678,270 | 17,351 |
| Finland | 76% | 40 | 1:137,080 | 2,784 |
| Japan | - | 39 | 1:3,281,694 | 23,770 |
| Angola | - | 36 | 1:749,072 | 2,190 |
| Scotland | 98% | 34 | 1:157,364 | 3,071 |
| Ivory Coast | 53% | 33 | 1:699,271 | 23,304 |
| China | - | 32 | 1:42,689,243 | 61,836 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 31 | 1:336,493 | 11,264 |
| Senegal | 75% | 30 | 1:486,045 | 6,386 |
| Liberia | 69% | 29 | 1:152,140 | 5,855 |
| Portugal | - | 28 | 1:371,817 | 6,212 |
| New Zealand | - | 25 | 1:181,442 | 6,350 |
| Czechia | 100% | 16 | 1:666,010 | 2,826 |
| Eritrea | 100% | 16 | 1:297,061 | 236 |
| Qatar | 100% | 15 | 1:157,974 | 16,771 |
| Cameroon | 75% | 14 | 1:1,543,607 | 35,722 |
| Maldives | 100% | 13 | 1:33,377 | 1,230 |
| South Africa | 89% | 13 | 1:4,194,819 | 94,932 |
| Hungary | 100% | 12 | 1:815,981 | 2,563 |
| Benin | 100% | 9 | 1:1,175,094 | 27,937 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9 | 1:468,564 | 5,419 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,971,872 | 15,474 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 9 | 1:1,283,447 | 1,308 |
| Togo | - | 9 | 1:804,360 | 4,738 |
| Burkina Faso | 88% | 8 | 1:2,297,434 | 45,707 |
| Monaco | - | 8 | 1:4,808 | 802 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 8 | 1:1,927,977 | 54,057 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 6 | 1:348,460 | 8,117 |
| Argentina | 80% | 5 | 1:8,554,649 | 17,386 |
| Ukraine | - | 5 | 1:9,099,982 | 12,980 |
| Bulgaria | - | 4 | 1:1,747,598 | 14,265 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Malta | - | 4 | 1:107,340 | 2,111 |
| Panama | - | 4 | 1:976,639 | 21,104 |
| Kosovo | - | 3 | 1:620,480 | 13,695 |
| Latvia | - | 3 | 1:671,882 | 3,893 |
| Mauritius | - | 3 | 1:432,595 | 7,262 |
| Mexico | 100% | 3 | 1:41,381,476 | 74,307 |
| Peru | 100% | 3 | 1:10,597,151 | 58,549 |
| Singapore | - | 3 | 1:2,095,685 | 22,815 |
| South Korea | - | 3 | 1:1,848,140 | 23,578 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | - | 3 | 1:453,806 | 18,410 |
| Albania | - | 2 | 1:1,523,285 | 33,816 |
| Brunei | - | 2 | 1:209,785 | 2,478 |
| Congo | 100% | 2 | 1:2,504,602 | 31,783 |
| Lithuania | - | 2 | 1:1,475,941 | 3,949 |
| Luxembourg | - | 2 | 1:282,024 | 3,520 |
| Serbia | - | 2 | 1:3,572,860 | 8,125 |
| Slovenia | - | 2 | 1:1,229,379 | 6,326 |
| Bahamas | - | 1 | 1:399,370 | 4,606 |
| Belarus | 100% | 1 | 1:9,482,384 | 20,892 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Colombia | - | 1 | 1:47,778,926 | 95,497 |
| Costa Rica | - | 1 | 1:4,767,948 | 27,206 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:871,076 | 5,368 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Gabon | - | 1 | 1:1,883,336 | 4,538 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Hong Kong | - | 1 | 1:7,752,725 | 20,144 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Myanmar | - | 1 | 1:51,948,273 | 3,226 |
| Namibia | - | 1 | 1:2,404,179 | 16,970 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Northern Cyprus | 100% | 1 | 1:318,133 | 3,044 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1 | 1:20,799,087 | 16,824 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,374,922 | 7,831 |
| Tuvalu | - | 1 | 1:11,131 | 89 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
The alternate forms: Salàh (1) are calculated separately.
Salah (997,476) may also be a surname.
Salah Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Say'-lah, mission, branches, that spoils. The son of Arphaxad; or the son of Cainan, and grandson of Arphaxad. See Gen. xi. 12 15; Luke iii. 36.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: a missile (as sent forth).
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
Salah Forename Popularity
Salah Demographics
Average Male Salah Height
173.74 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 183 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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