Bilkhair Surname
Approximately 752 people bear this surname
Bilkhair Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 740 | 1:5,534 | 647 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
The alternate forms: Bilkhaïr (2) are calculated separately.
Bilkhair (17) may also be a first name.
Bilkhair Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bilkhair Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bilkhair (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﻠﺨﻴﺮ, Russian: Билхаир) is more frequently found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms: Bilkhaïr. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bilkhair? popularity and diffusion
It is the 451,630th most commonly occurring family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 9,690,886 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bilkhair reside; 98 percent reside in West Africa and 98 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 2,694,839th most widely held forename throughout the world It is held by 17 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 740 people, or 1 in 5,534. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 18 percent reside, Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 18 percent reside and Assaba Region, where 14 percent reside. Not including Mauritania this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 1 percent reside and Libya, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bilkhair Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bilkhair in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﻠﺨﻴﺮ | blkhyr | 93.39 |
| ﺑﺎﻟﺨﻴﺮ | balkhyr | 5.73 |
| ﻳﻠﺨﻴﺮ | ylkhyr | 0.44 |
| ﺑﻴﻠﺨﻴﺮ | bylkhyr | 0.44 |
| Bilkhair in the Russian language | ||
| Билхаир | bilhair | - |
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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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- 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 Bilkhair
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