Sabah Surname
Approximately 83,077 people bear this surname
Sabah Surname User-submission:
An Arabic name meaning 'morning'.
Sabah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 31,649 | 1:1,107 | 160 |
| Egypt | 8,573 | 1:10,724 | 1,283 |
| Jordan | 6,223 | 1:1,421 | 230 |
| Palestine | 5,783 | 1:787 | 95 |
| Israel | 4,338 | 1:1,973 | 205 |
| Bangladesh | 4,055 | 1:39,299 | 2,322 |
| Iran | 3,414 | 1:22,490 | 2,845 |
| Morocco | 2,931 | 1:11,763 | 1,702 |
| Turkey | 2,545 | 1:30,578 | 3,346 |
| Ghana | 2,147 | 1:12,585 | 1,652 |
| Syria | 1,638 | 1:11,783 | 996 |
| Lebanon | 1,478 | 1:3,814 | 709 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,352 | 1:22,822 | 3,209 |
| Yemen | 985 | 1:26,828 | 2,627 |
| Pakistan | 919 | 1:194,389 | 4,804 |
| Kuwait | 559 | 1:6,799 | 949 |
| Indonesia | 485 | 1:272,679 | 24,616 |
| India | 468 | 1:1,639,029 | 59,956 |
| France | 445 | 1:149,265 | 23,131 |
| United States | 341 | 1:1,062,929 | 77,588 |
| Malaysia | 292 | 1:101,008 | 6,919 |
| Liberia | 289 | 1:15,254 | 1,595 |
| United Arab Emirates | 265 | 1:34,575 | 3,693 |
| Nigeria | 186 | 1:952,380 | 40,741 |
| Bahrain | 162 | 1:8,325 | 1,494 |
| Germany | 129 | 1:624,073 | 49,483 |
| England | 110 | 1:506,528 | 32,143 |
| Mexico | 103 | 1:1,205,109 | 14,520 |
| Afghanistan | 100 | 1:321,532 | 4,982 |
| Sweden | 93 | 1:105,879 | 7,628 |
| Maldives | 90 | 1:4,491 | 425 |
| Tanzania | 87 | 1:608,524 | 37,695 |
| Cameroon | 77 | 1:269,728 | 25,950 |
| Argentina | 72 | 1:593,659 | 42,221 |
| Qatar | 62 | 1:38,032 | 3,887 |
| Chile | 57 | 1:309,061 | 8,852 |
| Sudan | 49 | 1:765,514 | 2,614 |
| Uruguay | 44 | 1:77,994 | 8,034 |
| Canada | 31 | 1:1,188,567 | 86,017 |
| Spain | 28 | 1:1,669,716 | 48,608 |
| Australia | 27 | 1:999,841 | 58,390 |
| Netherlands | 27 | 1:625,451 | 53,034 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Bulgaria | 24 | 1:290,788 | 14,851 |
| Philippines | 24 | 1:4,218,259 | 160,165 |
| Brazil | 23 | 1:9,307,580 | 200,052 |
| Ivory Coast | 22 | 1:1,048,692 | 25,281 |
| Mauritania | 21 | 1:194,993 | 9,876 |
| Austria | 21 | 1:405,497 | 41,758 |
| Algeria | 17 | 1:2,272,444 | 44,120 |
| Thailand | 15 | 1:4,709,223 | 352,754 |
| Costa Rica | 14 | 1:341,434 | 3,425 |
| Tunisia | 13 | 1:46,971 | 6,396 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Denmark | 9 | 1:627,191 | 36,734 |
| Uganda | 9 | 1:4,337,698 | 99,715 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| Venezuela | 9 | 1:3,356,009 | 33,931 |
| Chad | 9 | 1:1,510,244 | 5,402 |
| Oman | 9 | 1:409,775 | 5,604 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Cambodia | 7 | 1:2,212,449 | 7,503 |
| Switzerland | 5 | 1:1,642,583 | 87,307 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Belgium | 4 | 1:2,874,161 | 111,046 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| China | 3 | 1:455,773,855 | 21,925 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Wales | 3 | 1:1,031,511 | 34,732 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Isle of Man | 1 | 1:85,822 | 4,091 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 1 | 1:24,375,369 | 195,128 |
Sabah (464,275) may also be a first name.
Sabah Surname Meaning
Sabah Demographics
Sabah Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Sabah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sabah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sabah (Arabic: لصباح, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺒﺎﺡ, Hindi: सबाह, Marathi: सबाह, Oriya: ସବାହ) is found in Iraq more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Sabah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,808th most frequently held family name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 87,720 people. The last name Sabah occurs mostly in Asia, where 80 percent of Sabah are found; 68 percent are found in West Asia and 56 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 2,183rd most frequently occurring first name world-wide, held by 464,275 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Iraq, where it is carried by 31,649 people, or 1 in 1,107. Apart from Iraq it is found in 93 countries. It is also found in Egypt, where 10 percent reside and Jordan, where 7 percent reside.
Sabah Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Sabah has changed through the years. In England the number of people who held the Sabah surname expanded 11,000 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Sabah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the last name is primarily Shiite (86%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Sabah surname are 10.41% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 63.64% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Sabah earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 8.11% more than the national average, earning $46,650 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.72% less than the national average, earning $49,325 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sabah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sabah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺒﺎﺡ | sbah | 99.18 |
| ﺳﺒﺎﺡ | sbah | 0.41 |
| ﺍﻟﺴﺒﺎﺡ | alsbah | 0.41 |
| Sabah in the Hindi language | ||
| सबाह | sabaha | 87.93 |
| साबह | sabaha | 9.48 |
| सबा | saba | 1.72 |
| सबह | sabaha | 0.86 |
| Sabah in the Marathi language | ||
| सबाह | sabaha | 75.56 |
| सबा | saba | 10.37 |
| सबह | sabaha | 3.7 |
| साबाह | sabaha | 2.96 |
| साबा | saba | 1.48 |
| शबा | saba | 0.74 |
| शबह | sabaha | 0.74 |
| सबाहु | sabahu | 0.74 |
| सबन | sabana | 0.74 |
| Sabah in the Oriya language | ||
| ସବାହ | sabaha | 66.67 |
| ସବା | saba | 33.33 |
| Sabah in the Arabic language | ||
| لصباح | lsbah | - |
| صَباح | sabah | - |
| صبًاح | sbanah | - |
| صّباح | sbah | - |
| صبيه | sbyh | - |
| صبَّاح | sbaah | - |
| صًباح | sanbah | - |
| صيبعه | sybh | - |
| صبّاح | sbah | - |
| صباح | sbah | - |
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