Zalah Surname
Approximately 243 people bear this surname
Zalah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 190 | 1:404,119 | 25,871 |
| Iraq | 21 | 1:1,667,698 | 16,789 |
| Yemen | 7 | 1:3,775,042 | 17,439 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Somalia | 1 | 1:13,452,061 | 9,224 |
Zalah (441) may also be a first name.
Zalah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zalah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Zalah (Arabic: ظليه) has its highest incidence in Iran. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Zalah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Zalah is the 1,035,555th most frequent last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 29,989,901 people. The last name Zalah occurs mostly in Asia, where 96 percent of Zalah reside; 80 percent reside in South Asia and 80 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 408,221st most numerous forename internationally, held by 441 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Iran, where it is carried by 190 people, or 1 in 404,119. In Iran it is most frequent in: Kurdistan Province, where 53 percent live, West Azerbaijan Province, where 19 percent live and Tehran Province, where 11 percent live. Besides Iran it is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 9 percent live and Yemen, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zalah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zalah in the Arabic language | ||
| ظليه | zlyh | - |
| عزاله | zalh | - |
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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 Zalah
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