Sahle

surname · Latin script

Meaning: Toponymischer Familienname zu einem Siedlungsnamen oder Wohnstätten-/Flussnamen; 82 Bearer

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/səhəɫ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Sahle is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Ethiopia than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 1.8M(measured from records)
  • ETEthiopia≈1 in 10K
  • NONorway1 in 105K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Ethiopia (inferred from the name graph)

≈11,000 people, est.

Sources
87 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 10K (inferred from the name graph)

Ethiopia, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in German

Toponymischer Familienname zu einem Siedlungsnamen oder Wohnstätten-/Flussnamen; 82 Bearer. Nest im Raum Gronau (Westfalen) - Münster.

Sources 1

  • Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte

Where in the world(measured from records)

Sahle counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Sahle is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
ET Ethiopia#624≈11,000 est.≈1 in 10K—Sahle15
DE Germany—≈240 est.≈1 in 338K—Sahle51
US United States—1881 in 1.8M281Sahle87
NG Nigeria—≈140 est.≈1 in 1.5M—Sahle3
SE Sweden—811 in 126K81Sahle6
NO Norway—521 in 105K52Sahle4
NL Netherlands—≈50 est.≈1 in 342K—Sahle4

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010; Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020; Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); SSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Sahle is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name3 spellings in the group

    Also written Sahlé, Śahle

  • Norwegian surname5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Sweden, United States, Norway, United Kingdom

    Languages: Norwegian, Swedish

    Also written Sahlé

  • Turkish given name5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Türkiye, Syria

    Also written Şahle, Sahlé

  • Spanish surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Venezuela, Argentina

    Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

    Also written Sahlé, Ṥāhlĕ

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Cameroon

    Also written Sahlé, Sàhlé

28 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

18001850190019502000Menelik II, b. 1844Harry Sahle, b. 1912Patrick Sahle, b. 1968Christoph J Sahle, b. 1982
  • Menelik IIb. 1844ETnot in their usual nameEmperor of Ethiopia and King of Shewa (1844-1913)
  • Harry Sahleb. 1912USartist (1912-1950)
  • Patrick Sahleb. 1968DEresearcher in the field of digital humanities
  • Christoph J Sahleb. 1982DEresearcher
  • Esther SahleDEdoctoral candidate at the London School of Economics and Political Science

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Sahle,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Sahle
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20202020281#74,224
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20102010188#96,799
US United StatesCensus Bureau — Surname Frequency 20002000120#130,443
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—81#8,538
NO NorwaySSB — Navnesøk (name-search service, living population)—52#25,359
US United Stateswru Name Dictionary — US surnames, Census 2010 subset (Khanna et al.)———

Reference works 5

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Sahle?
A machine transcription gives /səhəɫ/ (IPA) for English.
What does the name Sahle mean?
Recorded meaning: Toponymischer Familienname zu einem Siedlungsnamen oder Wohnstätten-/Flussnamen; 82 Bearer.
In which country does Sahle have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 11 thousand people named Sahle in Ethiopia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled sahle.
How common is the name Sahle?
In the United States, the national register counted 188 people named Sahle in 2010, about 1 in 1.8 million residents.
How common is Sahle compared with other names?
In Ethiopia, Sahle is the 624th most common surname of 22,571 surnames recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Sahle” — the 624th most common surname in Ethiopia. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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