Saalah Surname
Approximately 462 people bear this surname
Saalah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somaliland | 379 | 1:9,235 | 591 |
| Indonesia | 26 | 1:5,086,507 | 239,866 |
| Afghanistan | 13 | 1:2,473,322 | 16,278 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Somalia | 4 | 1:3,363,015 | 5,093 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
Saalah (501) may also be a first name.
Saalah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saalah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Saalah is found most in Somaliland. It may occur in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Saalah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 653,013th most commonly held surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 15,773,909 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 86 percent of Saalah reside; 84 percent reside in East Africa and 83 percent reside in Cushitic Africa. Saalah is also the 378,831st most numerous first name internationally, borne by 501 people.
This last name is most numerous in Somaliland, where it is borne by 379 people, or 1 in 9,235. Besides Somaliland Saalah occurs in 21 countries. It is also common in Indonesia, where 6 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 3 percent are found.
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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 Saalah
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