El Salahy Surname

23,017th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 23,555 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Yemen

El Salahy Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Salahy Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Yemen23,2201:1,138164
Jordan1371:64,5435,726
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Kuwait581:65,5297,566
Lebanon141:402,64911,601
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Salahy Demographics

El Salahy Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 8 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Salahy Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Salahy Come From? nationality or country of origin

El Salahy is more commonly found in Yemen than any other country/territory. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name El Salahy? popularity and diffusion

It is the 23,017th most commonly occurring surname at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 309,384 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 99 percent of El Salahy live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

This surname is most commonly used in Yemen, where it is held by 23,220 people, or 1 in 1,138. In Yemen El Salahy is primarily concentrated in: Ibb Governorate, where 33 percent reside, Taiz Governorate, where 14 percent reside and Lahij Governorate, where 9 percent reside. Not including Yemen El Salahy occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Jordan, where 1 percent reside and Egypt, where 1 percent reside.

El Salahy Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the surname is principally Sunni (88%) in Lebanon.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Shalahy95378/
El Salhy94343/
El Salah9447/
El Salhey89130/
El Sallah895/
El-Salahy891/
El Sala88532/
El Saly88158/
El Shallah841,431/
El Shalash844/
El Shalajy841/
El Shalohy841/
El Shatlah841/
El Salhaya841/
El Salhi8213,999/
El Sahly821,111/
El Shaly82565/
El Solah82423/
El Salih82283/
El Saley82208/
El Shala82190/
El Saleh8275/
El Salla8216/
El-Salhy8210/
El-Salah828/
El Sally826/
El Saila825/
El Sahla822/
El Salaa822/
El Saaly821/
El Salat821/
El Salau821/
El Salha821/
El Sealy821/
El Solhy821/
El Shalaihi80153/
El Shaaly78802/
El Shahly78599/
El Shalhi78183/
El Shatla78122/
El Shalia7838/
El Zailah785/
El Shally784/
El Solach784/
El Shalaa782/
El Shatly782/
El Sahaly782/
El Saaaly781/
El Sailly781/
El Saleyy781/
El Sallai781/
El Jala75488/
El Sali75336/
El Soly75218/
El Sale7563/
El Zaly757/
El Sola751/
El-Sala751/
El Zala751/
El Challah745/
El Zalahah742/
El Shalaie742/
El Shahaly742/
El Sahleya741/
El-Salahat741/
El Zaaly71660/
El Sooly71444/
El-Saleh71371/
El Seely71248/
El Jalas71153/
El Saili71128/
El-Sealy71122/
El Sahli7149/
El Zelah7114/
El Salou718/
El Zalya716/
El Shely715/
El Jaila715/
El Shali715/
El Shola714/
El Zalat714/
El Sehly714/
El-Sahly714/
El Jaleh714/
El-Salih713/
El Solly712/
El-Salhi712/
El Souly711/
El Sahle711/
El Salle711/
El Solai711/
El Soley711/
El Chala711/
El Sahahleh70112/
El Shailait701/
El-Schallah701/
El Chalouhy701/
El Shouly672,274/
El Zailai67359/
El Souley67266/
El Shalgi6731/
El Jallad6710/
El Chalhi6710/
El Sallou678/
El-Shalih675/
El Shaili675/
El Salous675/
El Sheily673/
El Sahali671/
El Salout671/
El Jahaly671/
El-Sahaly671/
El Zaylaa671/
El Zeilah671/
El Sholhi671/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Salahy
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