# Salih (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/salih/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname from Arabic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Arabic |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,339 |
| US rank (2010) | 19,997 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 230,579 people |
| Change since 2000 | +90% (706 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Saleh |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic صَالِح (ṣāliḥ, literally “pious”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Salih in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 50% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 37% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.0% |
| Two or more races | 8.4% |

## Similar surnames

Saleh, Saul, Sala, Sale, Salo, Salah, Sligh, Sall, Scalia, Sewell, Shelley, Shell.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.