Zaleh Surname
Approximately 551 people bear this surname
Zaleh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 475 | 1:161,647 | 13,909 |
| Argentina | 29 | 1:1,473,911 | 82,038 |
| Afghanistan | 25 | 1:1,286,127 | 11,103 |
| Burkina Faso | 8 | 1:2,294,012 | 16,398 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Zaleh (176) may also be a first name.
Zaleh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Zaleh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Zaleh (Arabic: زليه, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺯﺍﻟﻪ) is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Zaleh? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 572,152nd most widespread surname worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 13,226,036 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 92 percent of Zaleh are found; 91 percent are found in South Asia and 91 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 687,834th most commonly occurring forename internationally It is held by 176 people.
The surname Zaleh is most frequently held in Iran, where it is carried by 475 people, or 1 in 161,647. In Iran it is most frequent in: West Azerbaijan Province, where 26 percent live, Kermanshah Province, where 16 percent live and Tehran Province, where 14 percent live. Aside from Iran this last name occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Argentina, where 5 percent live and Afghanistan, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Zaleh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Zaleh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺯﺍﻟﻪ | zalh | - |
| Zaleh in the Arabic language | ||
| زليه | zlyh | - |
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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 Zaleh
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