Falah Surname
Approximately 49,464 people bear this surname
Falah Surname User-submission:
This name means 'farmer' in Arabic.
Falah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 8,991 | 1:14,709 | 1,841 |
| Iran | 6,336 | 1:12,118 | 1,615 |
| Iraq | 5,607 | 1:6,246 | 580 |
| Morocco | 4,464 | 1:7,723 | 1,000 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4,373 | 1:7,056 | 985 |
| Egypt | 3,874 | 1:23,731 | 2,679 |
| Yemen | 3,478 | 1:7,598 | 1,008 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3,236 | 1:2,831 | 355 |
| Syria | 2,992 | 1:6,451 | 675 |
| Jordan | 2,300 | 1:3,845 | 788 |
| Kuwait | 1,157 | 1:3,285 | 434 |
| Lebanon | 739 | 1:7,628 | 1,216 |
| Palestine | 617 | 1:7,373 | 1,566 |
| Bahrain | 206 | 1:6,547 | 1,173 |
| Qatar | 187 | 1:12,610 | 1,382 |
| United States | 184 | 1:1,969,886 | 126,972 |
| Algeria | 80 | 1:482,894 | 36,623 |
| Afghanistan | 75 | 1:428,709 | 5,819 |
| India | 61 | 1:12,574,842 | 222,490 |
| Maldives | 48 | 1:8,420 | 698 |
| Spain | 46 | 1:1,016,349 | 37,676 |
| Liberia | 37 | 1:119,150 | 9,110 |
| England | 34 | 1:1,638,766 | 68,634 |
| France | 30 | 1:2,214,091 | 176,965 |
| Canada | 27 | 1:1,364,652 | 95,501 |
| Sweden | 25 | 1:393,870 | 27,867 |
| Tunisia | 24 | 1:25,443 | 3,898 |
| Malaysia | 23 | 1:1,282,358 | 54,976 |
| Pakistan | 21 | 1:8,506,852 | 44,204 |
| Netherlands | 18 | 1:938,176 | 63,634 |
| Israel | 17 | 1:503,390 | 37,521 |
| Germany | 17 | 1:4,735,615 | 183,652 |
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Mexico | 15 | 1:8,275,080 | 36,578 |
| Turkey | 14 | 1:5,558,673 | 112,907 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Thailand | 11 | 1:6,421,668 | 407,040 |
| Argentina | 10 | 1:4,274,341 | 152,056 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Falah (99,153) may also be a first name.
Falah Surname Meaning
Falah Demographics
Average Falah Salary in
United States
$35,282 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Falah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Falah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Falah (Arabic: فلاّح, Hindi: फलाह, Marathi: फलाह) is found most in Indonesia. It can occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Falah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 11,357th most prevalent family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 147,330 people. It is predominantly found in Asia, where 82 percent of Falah are found; 50 percent are found in West Asia and 26 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. Falah is also the 10,273rd most frequent forename in the world, held by 99,153 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 8,991 people, or 1 in 14,709. In Indonesia Falah is mostly concentrated in: West Java, where 44 percent live, Central Java, where 26 percent live and East Java, where 9 percent live. Aside from Indonesia this last name occurs in 63 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 13 percent live and Iraq, where 11 percent live.
Falah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Sunni (53%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Falah surname are 0.099999999999994% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 53.13% being registered with the party.
The amount Falah earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 18.23% less than the national average, earning $35,282 USD per year and in Canada they earn 17.37% less than the national average, earning $41,055 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Falah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Falah in the Marathi language | ||
| फलाह | phalaha | - |
| Falah in the Hindi language | ||
| फलाह | phalaha | 81.82 |
| फलह | phalaha | 18.18 |
| Falah in the Arabic language | ||
| فلاّح | flah | - |
| فعليه | flyh | - |
| الفلاح | alflah | - |
| فلاح | flah | - |
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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
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