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Where Does The Last Name Sahel Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Sahel (Arabic: ساهل, Bengali: সাহেল, Georgian: საჰელ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺴﺎﻫﻞ, Hindi: सहेल, Marathi: साहेल, Oriya: ସାେହଲ) is most common in Algeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Sahel click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Sahel? ^{popularity and diffusion}

This surname is the 29,904^th most frequent family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 407,695 people. The last name Sahel occurs predominantly in Africa, where 80 percent of Sahel reside; 76 percent reside in North Africa and 73 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 67,239^th most common first name world-wide, held by 8,697 people.

It is most widespread in Algeria, where it is carried by 7,851 people, or 1 in 4,921. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Djelfa Province, where 29 percent are found, Boumerdès Province, where 14 percent are found and Oum el-Bouaghi Province, where 10 percent are found. Besides Algeria it is found in 57 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 29 percent are found and Bangladesh, where 4 percent are found.

Sahel Last Name Statistics ^demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is chiefly Muslim (100%) in Kenya and Sunni (100%) in Lebanon.

In The United States those holding the Sahel surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Sahel earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 18.86% more than the national average, earning $51,288 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.1% more than the national average, earning $50,724 CAD per year.