Salihy Surname
Approximately 147 people bear this surname
Salihy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 82 | 1:49,937 | 3,683 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| Sweden | 3 | 1:3,282,252 | 190,759 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Salihy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Salihy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Salihy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﺎﻟﺤﻲ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Salihy? popularity and diffusion
Salihy is the 1,453,389th most numerous family name globally, held by around 1 in 49,575,142 people. This last name is mostly found in Africa, where 59 percent of Salihy live; 56 percent live in West Africa and 56 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Salihy is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is held by 82 people, or 1 in 49,937. In Mauritania Salihy is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 24 percent reside, Trarza Region, where 24 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 16 percent reside. Barring Mauritania this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 18 percent reside and Germany, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Salihy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Salihy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﺎﻟﺤﻲ | salhy | 48.48 |
| ﺻﺎﻟﺤﻰ | salhy | 15.15 |
| ﺻﺎﻟﻴﺤﻲ | salyhy | 15.15 |
| ﺻﺎﻟﻴﺤﻰ | salyhy | 12.12 |
| ﺻﺎﻟﻴﺢ | salyh | 9.09 |
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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 Salihy
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