Shal Surname
Approximately 6,750 people bear this surname
Shal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 3,499 | 1:219,224 | 12,985 |
| Iran | 1,007 | 1:76,249 | 7,861 |
| Egypt | 519 | 1:177,140 | 13,144 |
| Ukraine | 361 | 1:126,102 | 17,824 |
| Russia | 269 | 1:535,773 | 48,615 |
| Belize | 255 | 1:1,394 | 320 |
| Saudi Arabia | 239 | 1:129,104 | 17,726 |
| United States | 150 | 1:2,416,393 | 148,665 |
| Pakistan | 104 | 1:1,717,730 | 17,624 |
| Kazakhstan | 67 | 1:263,918 | 22,888 |
| United Arab Emirates | 42 | 1:218,149 | 14,475 |
| Afghanistan | 29 | 1:1,108,730 | 10,128 |
| Israel | 27 | 1:316,949 | 27,106 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Indonesia | 19 | 1:6,960,484 | 292,931 |
| Nigeria | 18 | 1:9,841,264 | 197,192 |
| Malaysia | 17 | 1:1,734,954 | 70,664 |
| Belarus | 10 | 1:950,106 | 68,851 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Canada | 8 | 1:4,605,699 | 220,704 |
| South Africa | 7 | 1:7,739,672 | 177,858 |
| England | 5 | 1:11,143,612 | 252,590 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Australia | 4 | 1:6,748,925 | 181,100 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Mauritius | 2 | 1:646,708 | 13,517 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Maldives | 1 | 1:404,172 | 7,269 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 9 | 1:2,708,374 | 73,770 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 1:25,109,342 | 694,541 |
Shal (3,115) may also be a first name.
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Shal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Shal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Shal (Bengali: শৈল, Georgian: შალ, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺳﺤﻞ, Hindi: शाल, Marathi: शाल, Oriya: ଶଲ, Russian: Шаль, Tibetan: ཤཱལ་) occurs most in India. It can occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of Shal.
How Common Is The Last Name Shal? popularity and diffusion
The surname Shal is the 72,995th most frequently occurring family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,079,636 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 77 percent of Shal reside; 69 percent reside in South Asia and 48 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 129,102nd most widely held first name throughout the world, held by 3,115 people.
This last name is most frequent in India, where it is carried by 3,499 people, or 1 in 219,224. In India Shal is mostly found in: West Bengal, where 63 percent are found, Uttar Pradesh, where 15 percent are found and Jammu and Kashmir, where 8 percent are found. Aside from India this last name occurs in 52 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 15 percent are found and Egypt, where 8 percent are found.
Shal Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Shal has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Shal last name rose 7,500 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it contracted 44 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Shal Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is primarily Orthodox (91%) in Russia and Orthodox (67%) in Ukraine.
In The United States Shal are 27.3% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 74.07% registered with the party.
The amount Shal earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 55.65% less than the national average, earning R 105,384 per year; in United States they earn 17.02% less than the national average, earning $35,804 USD per year and in Canada they earn 29.96% more than the national average, earning $64,570 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Shal Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Shal in the Georgian language | ||
| შალ | shal | - |
| Shal in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺳﺤﻞ | ashl | - |
| Shal in the Bengali language | ||
| শৈল | saila | 96.55 |
| শাল | sala | 3.45 |
| Shal in the Hindi language | ||
| शाल | sala | 88.82 |
| शल | sala | 5.88 |
| विशाल | visala | 2.75 |
| शालू | salu | 0.59 |
| षऴ | sala | 0.2 |
| Shal in the Marathi language | ||
| शाल | sala | 81.6 |
| शाळ | sala | 15.2 |
| शल | sala | 1.6 |
| Shal in the Oriya language | ||
| ଶଲ | sala | 52.63 |
| ଶାଲ | sala | 31.58 |
| େଶଲ | esala | 5.26 |
| ଶାଳ | sala | 5.26 |
| ଶଳ | sala | 5.26 |
| Shal in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཤཱལ་ | shal | 50 |
| ཤལ་ | shal | 50 |
| Shal in the Russian language | ||
| Шаль | sal | - |
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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
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