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
Sallah Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Sallah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Sallah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Sallah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺻﻼﺡ, Hindi: सल्लाह, Marathi: अाह, Oriya: ସାଲହ) is most common in The Gambia. It may also be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Sallah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Sallah is the 16,369th most commonly occurring last name on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 214,687 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 94 percent of Sallah reside; 83 percent reside in West Africa and 38 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Sallah is also the 68,412th most commonly occurring first name internationally, borne by 8,484 people.
It is most commonly used in The Gambia, where it is borne by 10,292 people, or 1 in 187. Beside The Gambia this last name is found in 70 countries. It also occurs in Ghana, where 20 percent reside and Niger, where 13 percent reside.
Sallah Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the Sallah last name is predominantly Christian (67%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Sallah last name are 36.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 90% registered with the political 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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