Belkhair Surname
Approximately 5,095 people bear this surname
Belkhair Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 4,148 | 1:987 | 135 |
| Morocco | 784 | 1:43,975 | 7,155 |
| Tunisia | 56 | 1:10,904 | 1,803 |
| France | 33 | 1:2,012,810 | 168,616 |
| Spain | 33 | 1:1,416,728 | 44,772 |
| Libya | 25 | 1:249,759 | 1,033 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
The alternate forms: Belkhaïr (45) are calculated separately.
Belkhair (418) may also be a first name.
Belkhair Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Belkhair Come From? nationality or country of origin
Belkhair (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻠﺨﻴﺮ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms: Belkhaïr. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Belkhair? popularity and diffusion
The surname Belkhair is the 93,610th most frequently occurring family name internationally It is held by around 1 in 1,430,333 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Belkhair live; 81 percent live in West Africa and 81 percent live in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 420,385th most prevalent given name at a global level, held by 418 people.
It is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is held by 4,148 people, or 1 in 987. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 18 percent reside, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 14 percent reside and Gorgol Region, where 11 percent reside. Barring Mauritania this surname is found in 14 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 15 percent reside and Tunisia, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Belkhair Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Belkhair in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻠﺨﻴﺮ | blkhyr | 97.63 |
| ﺑﺎﻟﺨﻴﺮ | balkhyr | 1.95 |
| ﺍﺑﻠﺨﻴﺮ | ablkhyr | 0.08 |
| ﺑﻮﻟﺨﻴﺮ | bwlkhyr | 0.08 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ | alkhyr | 0.08 |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Belkhair
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