Saleh Surname
Approximately 2,685,229 people bear this surname
Saleh Surname User-submission:
This surname means 'good man'. It was the name of a prophet from Quran, who prophesied to the tribe of Thamud.
Saleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yemen | 525,027 | 1:50 | 4 |
| Iraq | 419,899 | 1:83 | 13 |
| Egypt | 314,228 | 1:293 | 19 |
| Syria | 216,658 | 1:89 | 11 |
| Nigeria | 169,257 | 1:1,047 | 136 |
| Saudi Arabia | 149,502 | 1:206 | 7 |
| Chad | 114,770 | 1:118 | 11 |
| Indonesia | 102,022 | 1:1,296 | 125 |
| Libya | 82,173 | 1:76 | 5 |
| Pakistan | 81,846 | 1:2,183 | 293 |
| Sudan | 68,040 | 1:551 | 68 |
| Jordan | 62,775 | 1:141 | 2 |
| Afghanistan | 61,897 | 1:519 | 67 |
| Eritrea | 57,576 | 1:83 | 19 |
| Bangladesh | 39,382 | 1:4,046 | 382 |
| Iran | 39,041 | 1:1,967 | 247 |
| Lebanon | 24,121 | 1:234 | 13 |
| Tanzania | 18,515 | 1:2,859 | 396 |
| Palestine | 17,509 | 1:260 | 6 |
| Malaysia | 14,094 | 1:2,093 | 318 |
| DR Congo | 10,398 | 1:7,105 | 872 |
| Mauritania | 9,111 | 1:449 | 61 |
| United States | 9,036 | 1:40,113 | 4,935 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8,999 | 1:1,018 | 113 |
| Kuwait | 8,687 | 1:438 | 31 |
| Bahrain | 5,598 | 1:241 | 14 |
| Israel | 5,120 | 1:1,671 | 154 |
| Ethiopia | 4,829 | 1:20,200 | 2,620 |
| India | 4,739 | 1:161,862 | 10,083 |
| Rwanda | 3,721 | 1:3,054 | 749 |
| Cameroon | 3,494 | 1:5,944 | 723 |
| Kenya | 2,874 | 1:16,068 | 1,918 |
| England | 2,748 | 1:20,276 | 2,871 |
| Djibouti | 2,596 | 1:352 | 52 |
| Oman | 2,467 | 1:1,495 | 216 |
| Qatar | 2,265 | 1:1,041 | 67 |
| Morocco | 2,011 | 1:17,144 | 2,613 |
| Canada | 1,823 | 1:20,212 | 2,798 |
| Thailand | 1,569 | 1:45,021 | 5,102 |
| Sweden | 1,331 | 1:7,398 | 685 |
| Somalia | 1,078 | 1:12,479 | 828 |
| Brazil | 1,031 | 1:207,638 | 7,998 |
| Ghana | 970 | 1:27,856 | 3,309 |
| Germany | 943 | 1:85,372 | 10,787 |
| Australia | 802 | 1:33,660 | 4,439 |
| France | 736 | 1:90,248 | 12,990 |
| Cambodia | 643 | 1:24,086 | 1,393 |
| Comoros | 530 | 1:1,414 | 208 |
| Tunisia | 524 | 1:1,165 | 85 |
| Argentina | 518 | 1:82,516 | 6,977 |
| Sri Lanka | 439 | 1:47,400 | 5,492 |
| Netherlands | 366 | 1:46,140 | 7,845 |
| South Africa | 350 | 1:154,793 | 17,479 |
| Denmark | 347 | 1:16,267 | 1,604 |
| Spain | 342 | 1:136,702 | 10,317 |
| Norway | 270 | 1:19,046 | 2,408 |
| Niger | 247 | 1:77,700 | 3,405 |
| Algeria | 234 | 1:165,092 | 20,949 |
| Uganda | 234 | 1:166,835 | 14,268 |
| Venezuela | 233 | 1:129,631 | 4,252 |
| Senegal | 226 | 1:64,510 | 881 |
| Philippines | 153 | 1:661,688 | 68,918 |
| Chile | 135 | 1:130,492 | 4,626 |
| Austria | 118 | 1:72,165 | 11,006 |
| Wales | 113 | 1:27,385 | 2,827 |
| Mexico | 108 | 1:1,149,317 | 14,171 |
| Italy | 104 | 1:588,045 | 55,113 |
| Hong Kong | 98 | 1:74,852 | 1,406 |
| Russia | 86 | 1:1,675,849 | 110,706 |
| Switzerland | 84 | 1:97,773 | 10,519 |
| Belgium | 82 | 1:140,203 | 20,001 |
| Burkina Faso | 74 | 1:248,001 | 4,855 |
| Congo | 73 | 1:68,344 | 5,947 |
| New Zealand | 60 | 1:75,472 | 11,103 |
| Bulgaria | 55 | 1:126,889 | 7,394 |
| Dominican Republic | 54 | 1:193,202 | 7,170 |
| Scotland | 52 | 1:102,958 | 6,964 |
| China | 46 | 1:29,724,382 | 1,576 |
| Suriname | 45 | 1:12,280 | 3,102 |
| Colombia | 43 | 1:1,111,025 | 9,613 |
| Ireland | 42 | 1:112,118 | 5,755 |
| Hungary | 42 | 1:233,721 | 18,989 |
| Panama | 39 | 1:100,314 | 3,825 |
| Romania | 37 | 1:542,645 | 40,475 |
| Mozambique | 36 | 1:757,266 | 1,613 |
| Poland | 35 | 1:1,085,964 | 74,912 |
| Guinea | 34 | 1:348,053 | 1,137 |
| Mauritius | 34 | 1:38,042 | 7,089 |
| Czechia | 32 | 1:332,296 | 40,874 |
| Finland | 31 | 1:177,313 | 15,564 |
| Greece | 26 | 1:426,146 | 56,152 |
| Angola | 25 | 1:1,079,569 | 3,117 |
| Burundi | 25 | 1:392,194 | 499 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 25 | 1:45,427 | 166 |
| Azerbaijan | 23 | 1:419,527 | 8,573 |
| Peru | 23 | 1:1,381,918 | 21,725 |
| Turkey | 19 | 1:4,095,864 | 99,768 |
| El Salvador | 18 | 1:352,438 | 2,576 |
| Kazakhstan | 17 | 1:1,040,147 | 60,802 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| New Caledonia | 16 | 1:17,264 | 4,719 |
| Iceland | 15 | 1:25,339 | 1,935 |
| Belarus | 14 | 1:678,647 | 56,781 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Japan | 13 | 1:9,834,176 | 45,186 |
| Liberia | 11 | 1:400,776 | 20,681 |
| Taiwan | 11 | 1:2,131,341 | 13,802 |
| Central African Republic | 9 | 1:501,710 | 179 |
| Uzbekistan | 9 | 1:3,436,571 | 32,268 |
| Ecuador | 8 | 1:1,988,231 | 21,385 |
| Estonia | 8 | 1:165,226 | 26,217 |
| Benin | 7 | 1:1,476,515 | 57,381 |
| Nepal | 7 | 1:4,068,708 | 11,207 |
| Puerto Rico | 7 | 1:507,163 | 3,435 |
| Ukraine | 7 | 1:6,503,242 | 257,739 |
| Slovakia | 6 | 1:889,408 | 78,715 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 6 | 1:18,396 | 2,503 |
| Brunei | 5 | 1:83,746 | 1,811 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| South Korea | 5 | 1:10,248,051 | 1,694 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Malta | 4 | 1:107,568 | 1,849 |
| Northern Cyprus | 4 | 1:79,753 | 8,764 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Somaliland | 4 | 1:875,046 | 1,198 |
| South Sudan | 4 | 1:2,853,769 | 1,758 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 | 1:1,768,201 | 16,841 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Paraguay | 2 | 1:3,618,373 | 13,977 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| American Samoa | 1 | 1:55,758 | 3,072 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 1:65,279 | 3,010 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Cape Verde | 1 | 1:529,642 | 6,792 |
| Curaçao | 1 | 1:157,247 | 1,313 |
| Cyprus | 1 | 1:884,876 | 13,055 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Greenland | 1 | 1:56,379 | 1,133 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Lesotho | 1 | 1:2,032,558 | 23,402 |
| Macau | 1 | 1:601,630 | 1,582 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Serbia | 1 | 1:7,144,948 | 38,459 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| Slovenia | 1 | 1:2,487,675 | 31,128 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 | 1:1,363,975 | 22,013 |
| Uruguay | 1 | 1:3,431,758 | 38,295 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 1:92,646,054 | 8,382 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Saléh (3) & Salèh (1) are calculated separately.
Saleh (2,394,339) may also be a first name.
Saleh Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
This surname means 'good man'. It was the name of a prophet from Quran, who prophesied to the tribe of Thamud.
- maiThe Saleh surname comes from the Arabic word sālịh, which means 'pious', 'righteous', 'virtuous'.
- holocommgroupSaleh Demographics
Saleh Religious Adherence
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Religious Adherence
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Saleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Saleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Saleh (Arabic: الصالح, Bengali: সালেহ, Georgian: სალეჰ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﻟﺢ, Hindi: सालेह, Marathi: सालेह, Oriya: ସାେଲହ) is found in Yemen more than any other country/territory. It can be found in the variant forms: Saléh or Salèh. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Saleh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Saleh is the 199th most widespread family name internationally, borne by approximately 1 in 2,714 people. This last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 67 percent of Saleh are found; 54 percent are found in West Asia and 28 percent are found in Levant. Saleh is also the 236th most frequently used first name throughout the world. It is borne by 2,394,339 people.
The surname Saleh is most widespread in Yemen, where it is held by 525,027 people, or 1 in 50. In Yemen Saleh is mostly concentrated in: Ibb Governorate, where 13 percent live, Taiz Governorate, where 13 percent live and Sana'a Governorate, where 10 percent live. Apart from Yemen this last name occurs in 163 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 16 percent live and Egypt, where 12 percent live.
Saleh Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Saleh has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name expanded 112,950 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Saleh Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those carrying the Saleh surname is principally Muslim (100%) in Russia, Muslim (62%) in Kenya, Shiite (45%) in Lebanon and Muslim (92%) in Nigeria.
In The United States Saleh are 11.76% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 64.99% being registered with the party.
The amount Saleh earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 76.39% less than the national average, earning €7,089 per year; in Norway they earn 23.76% less than the national average, earning 263,844 kr per year; in Peru they earn 460.97% more than the national average, earning S/. 108,745 per year; in South Africa they earn 2.48% more than the national average, earning R 243,528 per year; in Colombia they earn 4.26% less than the national average, earning $21,734,900 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.93% more than the national average, earning $45,276 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8% more than the national average, earning $53,660 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Saleh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Saleh in the Georgian language | ||
| სალეჰ | saleh | - |
| Saleh in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାେଲହ | saelaha | - |
| Saleh in the Hindi language | ||
| सालेह | saleha | 95.85 |
| सलेह | saleha | 4.15 |
| Saleh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺎﻟﺢ | salh | 92.42 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﺎﻟﺢ | alsalh | 7.21 |
| ﺻﻼﺡ | slah | 0.18 |
| ﺳﺎﻟﻢ | salm | 0.04 |
| ﺻﺎﺍﺡ | saah | 0.04 |
| Saleh in the Marathi language | ||
| सालेह | saleha | 77.59 |
| सलेह | saleha | 9.96 |
| शेख | sekha | 3.29 |
| साले | sale | 2.99 |
| साळेह | saleha | 0.6 |
| सालेहा | saleha | 0.6 |
| सोलेह | soleha | 0.2 |
| साळे | sale | 0.2 |
| शाले | sale | 0.2 |
| सालहे | salahe | 0.2 |
| सालेहे | salehe | 0.1 |
| सालीह | saliha | 0.1 |
| Saleh in the Bengali language | ||
| সালেহ | saleha | 71.43 |
| ছালে | chale | 28.57 |
| Saleh in the Arabic language | ||
| الصالح | alsalh | - |
| صلح | slh | - |
| صالح | salh | - |
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