How common is the surname Salih?

1,339 people in the United States had the surname Salih in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,579 Americans. It ranked 19,997th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Salih getting more or less common?

More common. 706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,339 in 2010, up 90%.

Is Salih also a first name?

Yes. Salih is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Salih

An Arabic surname, carried by 1,339 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex S400 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Salih is more common than 87.7% of them.

Origin

Arabic origin

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

One of 179 Arabic surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,339 people named Salih in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 230,579 Americans. That is up 90% since 2000, when the Census counted 706.

#19,997

rank among US surnames

1,339

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+89.7%

change since 2000 (was #31,085)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#19,992	Couillard	1,340	230,407
#19,997	Jeansonne	1,339	230,579

Who is named Salih

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

50% of people named Salih identified as white (not Hispanic), 37% as Black (not Hispanic) and 8.4% as two or more races.

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

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Hispanic, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Saleh

Surnames that sound like Salih

Salih has the Soundex code S400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code S400.

Other Arabic surnames

All 179 Arabic surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Salih come from?: Borrowed from Arabic صَالِح (ṣāliḥ, literally “pious”).
How common is the surname Salih?: 1,339 people in the United States had the surname Salih in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 230,579 Americans. It ranked 19,997th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Salih?: In the 2010 Census, 50% of people named Salih identified as white (not Hispanic), and 37% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Salih getting more or less common?: More common. 706 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,339 in 2010, up 90%.
What are other spellings of Salih?: Saleh.
Is Salih also a first name?: Yes. Salih is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.