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
Valah (Arabic: فالاه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﻔﺎﻟﺢ, Marathi: वाल) occurs most in India. It can also be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Valah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 889,654th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 24,130,947 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 60 percent of Valah reside; 60 percent reside in South Asia and 59 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. It is also the 848,089th most numerous given name throughout the world. It is borne by 121 people.
The last name is most frequently held in India, where it is carried by 179 people, or 1 in 4,285,281. In India Valah is primarily concentrated in: Gujarat, where 99 percent reside, Jammu and Kashmir, where 1 percent reside and Maharashtra, where 1 percent reside. Barring India this last name is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Romania, where 17 percent reside and Hungary, where 9 percent reside.
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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