Sahlan Surname
Approximately 7,158 people bear this surname
Sahlan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 6,136 | 1:21,553 | 2,612 |
| Saudi Arabia | 557 | 1:55,396 | 7,891 |
| Malaysia | 239 | 1:123,407 | 8,074 |
| Kuwait | 116 | 1:32,765 | 4,071 |
| Qatar | 31 | 1:76,064 | 7,685 |
| Singapore | 21 | 1:262,272 | 11,611 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Sri Lanka | 9 | 1:2,312,062 | 9,186 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| United States | 5 | 1:72,491,787 | 1,102,614 |
| Yemen | 5 | 1:5,285,059 | 21,214 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Finland | 2 | 1:2,748,351 | 72,663 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1:89,321,942 | 157,560 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Şahlan (301) are calculated separately.
Sahlan (24,075) may also be a first name.
Sahlan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sahlan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Sahlan (Arabic: شلان, Marathi: शालन) is carried by more people in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also occur as a variant: Şahlan. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sahlan? popularity and diffusion
Sahlan is the 69,266th most frequently held family name internationally, held by around 1 in 1,018,098 people. The surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 100 percent of Sahlan live; 89 percent live in Southeast Asia and 89 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 32,946th most widely held first name globally, held by 24,075 people.
This surname is most common in Indonesia, where it is borne by 6,136 people, or 1 in 21,553. In Indonesia Sahlan is primarily concentrated in: West Java, where 32 percent reside, East Java, where 24 percent reside and Central Java, where 11 percent reside. Other than Indonesia this surname exists in 27 countries. It also occurs in Saudi Arabia, where 8 percent reside and Malaysia, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sahlan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sahlan in the Marathi language | ||
| शालन | salana | - |
| Sahlan in the Arabic language | ||
| شلان | shlan | - |
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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 Sahlan
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