Jalah Surname
Approximately 944 people bear this surname
Jalah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philippines | 650 | 1:155,751 | 25,806 |
| Iran | 173 | 1:443,830 | 27,461 |
| Afghanistan | 21 | 1:1,531,104 | 12,360 |
| India | 17 | 1:45,121,493 | 474,784 |
| Niger | 17 | 1:1,128,942 | 24,295 |
| Liberia | 16 | 1:275,533 | 16,331 |
| Malaysia | 15 | 1:1,966,282 | 78,777 |
| Indonesia | 10 | 1:13,224,919 | 434,432 |
| Cameroon | 9 | 1:2,307,674 | 112,590 |
| United States | 6 | 1:60,409,822 | 1,028,827 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Jalah (1,323) may also be a first name.
Jalah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Jalah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Jalah (Arabic: جاله, Hindi: जलाह, Marathi: जलाह, Oriya: ଜଲହ) is found in The Philippines more than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. For other potential spellings of Jalah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Jalah? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 378,348th most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 7,719,858 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 94 percent of Jalah live; 72 percent live in Southeast Asia and 66 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 216,033rd most prevalent first name on earth, held by 1,323 people.
Jalah is most commonly used in The Philippines, where it is carried by 650 people, or 1 in 155,751. In The Philippines it is most numerous in: Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, where 92 percent reside, Zamboanga Peninsula, where 8 percent reside and Davao Region, where 0 percent reside. Not including The Philippines this surname exists in 18 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 18 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Jalah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Jalah in the Oriya language | ||
| ଜଲହ | jalaha | - |
| Jalah in the Hindi language | ||
| जलाह | jalaha | 66.67 |
| जलहा | jalaha | 33.33 |
| Jalah in the Marathi language | ||
| जलाह | jalaha | 66.67 |
| जलह | jalaha | 33.33 |
| Jalah in the Arabic language | ||
| جاله | jalh | - |
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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
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- 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 Jalah
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