Sallah Surname
Approximately 33,945 people bear this surname
Sallah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 10,292 | 1:187 | 45 |
| Ghana | 6,927 | 1:3,901 | 569 |
| Niger | 4,519 | 1:4,247 | 401 |
| Togo | 3,255 | 1:2,227 | 277 |
| Nigeria | 2,501 | 1:70,829 | 5,110 |
| Egypt | 1,922 | 1:47,833 | 4,716 |
| Morocco | 1,159 | 1:29,746 | 4,740 |
| Saudi Arabia | 636 | 1:48,515 | 7,156 |
| Chad | 385 | 1:35,304 | 4,109 |
| Algeria | 350 | 1:110,376 | 15,962 |
| United States | 334 | 1:1,085,206 | 78,873 |
| Pakistan | 331 | 1:539,710 | 8,991 |
| Mali | 258 | 1:65,771 | 1,556 |
| Malaysia | 203 | 1:145,292 | 9,130 |
| England | 132 | 1:422,107 | 28,563 |
| Benin | 105 | 1:98,434 | 11,231 |
| Kenya | 63 | 1:733,014 | 30,691 |
| Indonesia | 50 | 1:2,644,984 | 153,918 |
| Yemen | 49 | 1:539,292 | 10,860 |
| Sweden | 47 | 1:209,505 | 14,512 |
| Liberia | 45 | 1:97,967 | 7,863 |
| Ivory Coast | 35 | 1:659,178 | 18,915 |
| United Arab Emirates | 28 | 1:327,224 | 22,758 |
| Iraq | 26 | 1:1,346,987 | 15,017 |
| Sudan | 25 | 1:1,500,408 | 3,610 |
| India | 20 | 1:38,353,269 | 431,471 |
| Tanzania | 19 | 1:2,786,401 | 49,097 |
| Spain | 17 | 1:2,750,120 | 61,567 |
| Libya | 16 | 1:390,248 | 1,390 |
| Senegal | 16 | 1:911,209 | 3,010 |
| Netherlands | 16 | 1:1,055,448 | 66,951 |
| Philippines | 13 | 1:7,787,556 | 197,164 |
| Germany | 12 | 1:6,708,788 | 223,026 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| France | 12 | 1:5,535,227 | 269,324 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Kosovo | 8 | 1:232,734 | 7,787 |
| Congo | 6 | 1:831,516 | 16,072 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Belgium | 6 | 1:1,916,107 | 103,447 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 | 1:283,918 | 487 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Syria | 3 | 1:6,433,674 | 16,197 |
| Taiwan | 3 | 1:7,814,915 | 41,694 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Turkey | 3 | 1:25,940,474 | 162,557 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Iran | 2 | 1:38,391,262 | 236,033 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Gabon | 1 | 1:1,889,194 | 6,814 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guinea | 1 | 1:11,833,817 | 3,268 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
Sallah (8,484) may also be a first name.
Sallah Demographics
Average Sallah Salary in
United States
$42,199 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Sallah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sallah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Sallah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻼﺡ, Hindi: सल्लाह, Marathi: अाह, Oriya: ସାଲହ) is most common in The Gambia. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Sallah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sallah is the 16,369th most frequent family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 214,687 people. The last name Sallah occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Sallah are found; 83 percent are found in West Africa and 38 percent are found in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sallah is also the 68,412th most commonly held forename worldwide It is held by 8,484 people.
The surname Sallah is most commonly held in The Gambia, where it is held by 10,292 people, or 1 in 187. Aside from The Gambia Sallah exists in 70 countries. It is also found in Ghana, where 20 percent reside and Niger, where 13 percent reside.
Sallah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Sallah last name is chiefly Christian (67%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Sallah surname are 36.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 90% registered with the party.
The amount Sallah earn in different countries varies markedly. In Norway they earn 22.02% less than the national average, earning 269,857 kr per year; in United States they earn 2.2% less than the national average, earning $42,199 USD per year and in Canada they earn 14.72% more than the national average, earning $56,998 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Sallah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Sallah in the Oriya language | ||
| ସାଲହ | salaha | - |
| Sallah in the Marathi language | ||
| अाह | aaha | - |
| Sallah in the Hindi language | ||
| सल्लाह | sallaha | 83.33 |
| सल्लह | sallaha | 16.67 |
| Sallah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺻﻼﺡ | slah | 54.55 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﻼﺡ | alslah | 27.27 |
| ﺍﻟﺼﺎﻟﺢ | alsalh | 9.09 |
| ﺻﺎﻟﺢ | salh | 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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