Šal Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Šal Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 11 | 1:649,541 | 22,440 |
| Slovenia | 6 | 1:414,612 | 18,975 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
The alternate forms: Sal (36,420), Šál (24), Şal (1) & Sál (105) are calculated separately.
Šal Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Šal Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Šal occurs most in Serbia. It can also be rendered as a variant: Sal, Šál, Şal or Sál. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Šal? popularity and diffusion
It is the 4,427,875th most widely held last name globally It is held by around 1 in 364,377,296 people. Šal occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Šal reside; 85 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 85 percent reside in South Slavic Europe.
Šal is most frequently occurring in Serbia, where it is held by 11 people, or 1 in 649,541. In Serbia it is primarily concentrated in: North Bačka District, where 91 percent are found and West Bačka District, where 9 percent are found. Barring Serbia this last name occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Slovenia, where 30 percent are found and Czechia, where 10 percent are found.
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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 Šal
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