The Salah surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,783 people carried this name — #16,195 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 166,700 people counted. That is up 56% from 1,143 in 2000.
What the name means
The meaning of the Salah surname
As an Islamic/Arabic surname, as well as a Jewish adoption of it, from صَلاة (ṣalāh, “prayer”) or صَلاح (ṣalāḥ, “righteousness”).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Salah» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 380 people named Salah.
Most of them — 214 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 41 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 192 people named Salah live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
176 people named Salah live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Poland’s population register
20 people named Salah have a registered home in Poland.
Of the 54 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 6 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Opole.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.
In the Nordic population registers
841 people named Salah are counted in Sweden, Norway and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Norway publishes only surnames with 200 or more bearers. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown) · Statistics Norway (SSB, ssb.no), table 12891, 2025 — CC BY 4.0 · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Salah,
with a public archive behind them.
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Yusra Salaḥ 1923–1993 · teacher
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Yusra Salaḥ 1923–1993 · teacher
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Yusra Salaḥ 1923–1993 · teacher
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Salah Salah 1936– · politician
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Antuan Salah 1938– · television director
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Christian Salah 1949– · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salah.
- Sajous 412 · U.S. census
- Saker 447 · U.S. census
- Sako 568 · U.S. census
- Sala 4,386 · U.S. census
- Saladin 1,107 · U.S. census
- Saladino 1,921 · U.S. census
- Salama 1,613 · U.S. census
- Salami 886 · U.S. census
- Salamon 1,933 · U.S. census
- Salamone 3,845 · U.S. census
- Salard 135 · U.S. census
- Salas 65,468 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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