Salalah Surname
Approximately 1,248 people bear this surname
Salalah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oman | 1,074 | 1:3,434 | 499 |
| Tanzania | 97 | 1:545,790 | 34,985 |
| Iraq | 42 | 1:833,849 | 11,429 |
| Yemen | 12 | 1:2,202,108 | 13,606 |
| Afghanistan | 4 | 1:8,038,296 | 30,874 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Palestine | 1 | 1:4,548,849 | 18,388 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Salalah (201) may also be a first name.
Salalah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salalah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Salalah (Arabic: سليله) is held by more people in Oman than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Salalah? popularity and diffusion
The last name Salalah is the 303,787th most commonly used surname on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 5,839,380 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Salalah reside; 91 percent reside in West Asia and 87 percent reside in Arabian Peninsula. It is also the 639,077th most commonly held first name globally, borne by 201 people.
This last name is most common in Oman, where it is borne by 1,074 people, or 1 in 3,434. In Oman it is most numerous in: Al Batinah North Governorate, where 0 percent reside, Ash Sharqiyah North Governorate, where 0 percent reside and Dhofar Governorate, where 0 percent reside. Aside from Oman this last name exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Tanzania, where 8 percent reside and Iraq, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salalah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salalah in the Arabic language | ||
| سليله | slylh | - |
| سلاله | slalh | - |
| سُليله | sulylh | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Salalah
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