Valah Surname
Approximately 302 people bear this surname
Valah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| India | 179 | 1:4,285,281 | 113,539 |
| Romania | 52 | 1:386,113 | 32,215 |
| Hungary | 26 | 1:377,549 | 26,409 |
| Moldova | 21 | 1:169,589 | 17,028 |
| Serbia | 14 | 1:510,353 | 19,964 |
| Liberia | 2 | 1:2,204,268 | 40,131 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
Valah (121) may also be a first name.
Valah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Valah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Valah (Arabic: فالاه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻔﺎﻟﺢ, Marathi: वाल) occurs in India more than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Valah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 889,654th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 24,130,947 people. This last name is primarily found in Asia, where 60 percent of Valah live; 60 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Valah is also the 848,089th most frequent first name globally, borne by 121 people.
The last name is most commonly occurring in India, where it is carried by 179 people, or 1 in 4,285,281. In India it is most prevalent in: Gujarat, where 99 percent live, Jammu and Kashmir, where 1 percent live and Maharashtra, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account India Valah occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 17 percent live and Hungary, where 9 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Valah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Valah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﻔﺎﻟﺢ | alfalh | 66.67 |
| ﻓﻠﺢ | flh | 33.33 |
| Valah in the Marathi language | ||
| वाल | vala | 50 |
| मवलाह | mavalaha | 25 |
| वलाह | valaha | 25 |
| Valah in the Arabic language | ||
| فالاه | falah | - |
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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 Valah
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