Salah Surname
Approximately 997,476 people bear this surname
Salah Surname User-submission:
Meanings: 1 - source of peace and reconciliation; 2 - straightness; 3 - free from corruption and defect.
Salah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 557,069 | 1:165 | 7 |
| Sudan | 121,521 | 1:309 | 37 |
| Yemen | 58,816 | 1:449 | 55 |
| Somalia | 46,368 | 1:290 | 40 |
| Saudi Arabia | 45,912 | 1:672 | 39 |
| Algeria | 22,372 | 1:1,727 | 162 |
| Libya | 15,753 | 1:396 | 68 |
| Jordan | 15,003 | 1:589 | 65 |
| Palestine | 12,898 | 1:353 | 17 |
| Somaliland | 10,641 | 1:329 | 45 |
| Pakistan | 9,801 | 1:18,227 | 1,094 |
| Niger | 9,271 | 1:2,070 | 228 |
| Syria | 8,829 | 1:2,186 | 263 |
| Morocco | 8,247 | 1:4,180 | 451 |
| Ethiopia | 8,049 | 1:12,119 | 1,773 |
| Kenya | 7,478 | 1:6,175 | 847 |
| Iraq | 5,842 | 1:5,995 | 565 |
| Iran | 5,211 | 1:14,735 | 1,936 |
| Bangladesh | 4,866 | 1:32,749 | 2,063 |
| Nigeria | 2,012 | 1:88,043 | 6,148 |
| Chad | 1,926 | 1:7,057 | 1,004 |
| United States | 1,838 | 1:197,203 | 19,429 |
| France | 1,762 | 1:37,697 | 4,659 |
| Kuwait | 1,562 | 1:2,433 | 305 |
| Afghanistan | 1,560 | 1:20,611 | 1,048 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1,535 | 1:5,969 | 761 |
| Lebanon | 1,025 | 1:5,500 | 960 |
| Togo | 945 | 1:7,670 | 1,744 |
| Djibouti | 799 | 1:1,145 | 132 |
| Thailand | 682 | 1:103,575 | 14,962 |
| Bahrain | 676 | 1:1,995 | 298 |
| Spain | 555 | 1:84,238 | 7,192 |
| Israel | 553 | 1:15,475 | 2,318 |
| England | 524 | 1:106,332 | 11,110 |
| Qatar | 515 | 1:4,579 | 474 |
| Cameroon | 437 | 1:47,526 | 6,234 |
| Oman | 425 | 1:8,678 | 1,184 |
| India | 396 | 1:1,937,034 | 67,148 |
| Tunisia | 359 | 1:1,701 | 166 |
| Canada | 358 | 1:102,921 | 11,137 |
| Mali | 323 | 1:52,536 | 1,331 |
| Sweden | 251 | 1:39,230 | 3,127 |
| Indonesia | 222 | 1:595,717 | 47,390 |
| Philippines | 218 | 1:464,396 | 56,221 |
| Mauritania | 211 | 1:19,407 | 1,770 |
| Germany | 156 | 1:516,061 | 43,667 |
| Venezuela | 152 | 1:198,711 | 5,422 |
| Netherlands | 151 | 1:111,836 | 17,874 |
| Malaysia | 135 | 1:218,476 | 12,676 |
| Turkey | 133 | 1:585,123 | 31,713 |
| Tanzania | 106 | 1:499,449 | 33,339 |
| Chile | 93 | 1:189,424 | 6,093 |
| Belgium | 79 | 1:145,527 | 20,575 |
| Australia | 75 | 1:359,943 | 30,133 |
| Denmark | 68 | 1:83,011 | 8,046 |
| Ivory Coast | 66 | 1:349,564 | 12,508 |
| Norway | 57 | 1:90,216 | 12,446 |
| Maldives | 50 | 1:8,083 | 674 |
| Liberia | 37 | 1:119,150 | 9,110 |
| Russia | 37 | 1:3,895,218 | 191,585 |
| Brazil | 36 | 1:5,946,509 | 145,792 |
| Benin | 33 | 1:313,200 | 25,349 |
| Switzerland | 32 | 1:256,654 | 21,165 |
| Greece | 28 | 1:395,707 | 52,747 |
| Italy | 27 | 1:2,265,063 | 92,103 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Uganda | 25 | 1:1,561,571 | 56,175 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Colombia | 16 | 1:2,985,880 | 14,490 |
| China | 15 | 1:91,154,771 | 4,767 |
| Hungary | 14 | 1:701,163 | 38,752 |
| Czechia | 13 | 1:817,959 | 70,223 |
| Wales | 12 | 1:257,878 | 14,969 |
| South Africa | 9 | 1:6,019,745 | 157,966 |
| South Sudan | 9 | 1:1,268,342 | 1,210 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1:1,715,360 | 84,476 |
| Austria | 8 | 1:1,064,429 | 75,134 |
| Azerbaijan | 8 | 1:1,206,140 | 16,795 |
| American Samoa | 6 | 1:9,293 | 1,961 |
| Iceland | 6 | 1:63,348 | 4,218 |
| Kosovo | 6 | 1:310,312 | 8,714 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 1:754,720 | 41,661 |
| Senegal | 6 | 1:2,429,890 | 4,996 |
| Mauritius | 5 | 1:258,683 | 8,939 |
| Paraguay | 5 | 1:1,447,349 | 11,454 |
| Scotland | 5 | 1:1,070,763 | 31,189 |
| Slovenia | 5 | 1:497,535 | 21,006 |
| Belarus | 4 | 1:2,375,265 | 105,497 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| Macau | 4 | 1:150,408 | 604 |
| Papua New Guinea | 4 | 1:2,038,429 | 140,827 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Bulgaria | 3 | 1:2,326,302 | 54,089 |
| Burkina Faso | 3 | 1:6,117,367 | 22,156 |
| Northern Ireland | 2 | 1:922,518 | 18,701 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 1:1,050,736 | 26,362 |
| Peru | 2 | 1:15,892,062 | 51,966 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| New Caledonia | 1 | 1:276,223 | 10,363 |
| Nicaragua | 1 | 1:6,021,090 | 8,768 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Turkmenistan | 1 | 1:5,489,112 | 11,427 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
Salah (1,253,800) may also be a first name.
Salah Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Meanings: 1 - source of peace and reconciliation; 2 - straightness; 3 - free from corruption and defect.
- rashed.1991Salah Demographics
Salah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Salah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salah (Arabic: وسيلاه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻼﺡ, Hindi: सलाह, Marathi: सलाह, Oriya: ସାଲହ) is more commonly found in Egypt than any other country/territory. It can be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Salah? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 542nd most frequently occurring family name in the world, held by around 1 in 7,306 people. The surname Salah occurs predominantly in Africa, where 82 percent of Salah live; 73 percent live in North Africa and 70 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 642nd most frequently occurring first name internationally. It is borne by 1,253,800 people.
The surname Salah is most common in Egypt, where it is carried by 557,069 people, or 1 in 165. Apart from Egypt Salah occurs in 130 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 12 percent reside and Yemen, where 6 percent reside.
Salah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is predominantly Muslim (87%) in Kenya and Sunni (53%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Salah surname are 1.79% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 51.44% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Salah earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 57.59% less than the national average, earning €12,735 per year; in Norway they earn 26.91% less than the national average, earning 252,955 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 76.35% less than the national average, earning R 56,196 per year; in Colombia they earn 13.18% more than the national average, earning $25,695,400 COP per year; in United States they earn 8.18% more than the national average, earning $46,679 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.81% less than the national average, earning $45,802 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salah in the Hindi language | ||
| सलाह | salaha | 95.9 |
| सलह | salaha | 3.36 |
| सालाह | salaha | 0.37 |
| सालह | salaha | 0.37 |
| Salah in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଲହ | salaha | 90.32 |
| ଶାଲହ | salaha | 4.52 |
| ସଲହ | salaha | 1.94 |
| ସଲାହ | salaha | 0.65 |
| ସାଳହ | salaha | 0.65 |
| ସାଲାହ | salaha | 0.65 |
| ଶାଳହ | salaha | 0.32 |
| ସାଲ | sala | 0.32 |
| ସାହ | saha | 0.32 |
| Salah in the Marathi language | ||
| सलाह | salaha | 83.87 |
| सालह | salaha | 16.13 |
| Salah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻼﺡ | slah | 59.73 |
| ﺻﺎﻟﺢ | salh | 32.21 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﻼﺡ | alslah | 5.37 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﺎﻟﺢ | alsalh | 1.34 |
| ﺻﻼﺣﻲ | slahy | 1.34 |
| Salah in the Arabic language | ||
| وسيلاه | wsylah | - |
| صاله | salh | - |
| سلاح | slah | - |
| الصلاح | alslah | - |
| بصلاح | bslah | - |
| ساله | salh | - |
| سيليه | sylyh | - |
| صلاح | slah | - |
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