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
Sahla (Arabic: شعلا, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺳﻬﻠﻪ, Hindi: सहला, Oriya: ସାହ) occurs most in Algeria. It may also appear in the variant forms: Şahla. For other possible spellings of Sahla click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahla? popularity and diffusion
It is the 178,592nd most commonly used surname throughout the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,047,907 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 55 percent of Sahla are found; 44 percent are found in North Africa and 44 percent are found in Mahgreb. Sahla is also the 88,413th most commonly used forename world-wide, borne by 5,711 people.
The last name Sahla is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 530 people, or 1 in 72,890. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Mascara Province, where 56 percent live, Saïda Province, where 27 percent live and Guelma Province, where 16 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria this surname exists in 38 countries. It also occurs 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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- 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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