Sahla Surname
Approximately 2,391 people bear this surname
Sahla Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 530 | 1:72,890 | 11,734 |
| Morocco | 511 | 1:67,468 | 11,380 |
| Indonesia | 259 | 1:510,615 | 41,633 |
| Jordan | 235 | 1:37,627 | 4,329 |
| Cameroon | 219 | 1:94,836 | 11,311 |
| India | 163 | 1:4,705,923 | 120,533 |
| Finland | 127 | 1:43,281 | 5,380 |
| Pakistan | 108 | 1:1,654,110 | 17,254 |
| Israel | 98 | 1:87,323 | 10,358 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Netherlands | 11 | 1:1,535,198 | 78,311 |
| Maldives | 9 | 1:44,908 | 2,305 |
| Thailand | 9 | 1:7,848,705 | 447,191 |
| Belgium | 9 | 1:1,277,405 | 87,318 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Niger | 7 | 1:2,741,717 | 49,802 |
| Nigeria | 7 | 1:25,306,108 | 327,793 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Malaysia | 6 | 1:4,915,704 | 170,578 |
| Burkina Faso | 6 | 1:3,058,683 | 18,466 |
| Tunisia | 6 | 1:101,771 | 14,710 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1:16,076,592 | 43,178 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
The alternate forms: Şahla (1) are calculated separately.
Sahla (5,711) may also be a first name.
Sahla Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahla Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sahla (Arabic: شعلا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻬﻠﻪ, Hindi: सहला, Oriya: ସାହ) has its highest incidence in Algeria. It can be found in the variant forms: Şahla. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahla? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 178,592nd most frequently occurring family name throughout the world, borne by around 1 in 3,047,907 people. This last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 55 percent of Sahla live; 44 percent live in North Africa and 44 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 88,413th most frequently occurring forename internationally, held by 5,711 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 530 people, or 1 in 72,890. In Algeria Sahla is mostly concentrated in: Mascara Province, where 56 percent live, Saïda Province, where 27 percent live and Guelma Province, where 16 percent live. Outside of Algeria Sahla occurs in 38 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 21 percent live and Indonesia, where 11 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahla Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahla in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାହ | saha | 92.68 |
| ଶାହ | saha | 4.88 |
| ସାହା | saha | 1.83 |
| ସହା | saha | 0.3 |
| ମହା | maha | 0.3 |
| Sahla in the Hindi language | ||
| सहला | sahala | 85.92 |
| साहला | sahala | 11.27 |
| सह्ला | sahla | 1.41 |
| Sahla in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺳﻬﻠﻪ | shlh | 56.25 |
| ﺳﻬﻠﺔ | shlt | 15.63 |
| ﺳﺎﻫﻠﻪ | sahlh | 15.63 |
| ﺳﺎﻫﻠﺔ | sahlt | 6.25 |
| ﺳﻬﻞ | shl | 3.13 |
| ﺳﻬﻼ | shla | 3.13 |
| Sahla in the Arabic language | ||
| شعلا | shla | - |
| سهلا | shla | - |
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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 Sahla
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