The Salih surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 706 people carried this name — #31,085 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 384,600 people counted.
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In Switzerland’s population statistics
378 people named Salih live in Switzerland.
They live in 22 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 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 130 people named Salih 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 Antwerp.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 52 people named Salih.
Most of them — 42 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 6 départements, most often Alpes-Maritimes.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Salih.
- Salgado 31,627 · U.S. census
- Salha 159 · U.S. census
- Sali 298 · U.S. census
- Saliba 1,809 · U.S. census
- Salic 124 · U.S. census
- Salice 140 · U.S. census
- Salim 1,979 · U.S. census
- Salin 376 · U.S. census
- Salina 608 · U.S. census
- Salinas 61,582 · U.S. census
- Saline 518 · U.S. census
- Saling 1,577 · U.S. census
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