Sheikh Salah Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Egypt
Highest density in:
Israel

Sheikh Salah Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Sheikh Salah Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Egypt91:10,215,08448,153
Somalia41:3,363,0155,093
Israel31:2,852,545113,505
Norway11:5,142,286129,201

Sheikh Salah Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Sheikh Salah Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Sheikh Salah is found in Egypt more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Sheikh Salah? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 4,772,636th most commonly held family name world-wide It is held by around 1 in 428,679,172 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 76 percent of Sheikh Salah reside; 53 percent reside in North Africa and 53 percent reside in Arabic North Africa.

The surname Sheikh Salah is most commonly occurring in Egypt, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 10,215,084. Apart from Egypt this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Somalia, where 24 percent reside and Israel, where 18 percent reside.

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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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Sheikh Salah
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