El Khair Surname

97,128th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4,890 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Khair Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Khair Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania4,2291:968131
Morocco6481:53,2048,802
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Jordan21:4,421,21822,351
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
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The alternate forms: El Khaïr (14) are calculated separately.

El Khair (241) may also be a first name.

El Khair Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El Khair Come From? nationality or country of origin

El Khair (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may occur as a variant: El Khaïr. Click here for other potential spellings of El Khair.

How Common Is The Last Name El Khair? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 97,128th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,490,296 people. The last name El Khair occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of El Khair reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 86 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. El Khair is also the 575,894th most frequently occurring given name worldwide It is held by 241 people.

This surname is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is borne by 4,229 people, or 1 in 968. In Mauritania El Khair is most prevalent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 67 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 10 percent live and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 6 percent live. Beside Mauritania this last name exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 13 percent live and Indonesia, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El Khaïr9614/
El Khaier94171/
El Khaire9423/
El Khaiar945/
El Kahair941/
El Khaair941/
El Hair932,187/
El Khir93545/
El Kair9326/
El Khar931/
El Khaiare891/
El Kheir886,354/
El Hajir88137/
El Khayr8899/
El-Khair8885/
El Khier8848/
El Khire884/
El Chair883/
El Kahar881/
El Khoir881/
El Kajir881/
El Khaer881/
El Haier881/
El Har86235/
El Hir8611/
El Kar863/
El Khayar82180/
El Khayre8242/
El Kheire8217/
El Khiyar8211/
El Khayer8210/
El Chaair825/
El Kheiar822/
El Kheyar821/
El-Khaier821/
El Kher80860/
El Hare80493/
El Harz80254/
El Hard80242/
El Harh80183/
El Kard80170/
El Karz80142/
El Kart80141/
El Hart80136/
El Jair80136/
El Kare8078/
El Keir8054/
El Khér8019/
El Kird8011/
El Heir809/
El Hajr809/
El Harr804/
El Hire804/
El Hirh804/
El Kirh804/
El Hayr804/
El-Khir803/
El Kasr802/
El Kier801/
El Char801/
El Khayere781/
El Khiyere781/
El Hajar75774/
El Kheïr75293/
El-Kheir75240/
El Chaer75203/
El Chaar75136/
El Hayar75136/
El Khere7534/
El Chgar759/
El Keire756/
El Kheyr754/
El Kheer754/
El Hayer752/
El-Khaïr752/
El Harre752/
El Hiyar752/
El Qahar752/
El Hirre751/
El Kahyr751/
El Kheur751/
El Khour751/
El Kiyar751/
El Kheîr751/
El Khéyr751/
El-Chair751/
El Jaier751/
El-Hajir751/
El Her711,118/
El Jar7132/
El Chayer7112/
El Khoure715/
El Ker714/
El Kheyer711/
El Kheyre711/
El Gir711/
El-Khayar711/
El-Kir711/
El Car711/
El Hour672,076/
El Jahr67489/
El Herd67137/
El Qird67122/
El Herr6788/
El Here6758/
El Jaar6747/
El-Kher6716/
El Kour675/
El Kerz674/
El Karh674/
El Herz673/
El Jarr672/
El Keïr671/
El-Keir671/
El Hert671/
El Cart671/
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El Khair Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Khair in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮalkhyr99.33
ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮﻱalkhyry0.17
ﺍﻟﻤﺨﺘﺎﺭalmkhtar0.17
ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮﻯalkhyry0.08
ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮﻓﻴﻪalkhyrfyh0.08
ﺍﻣﻠﺨﻴﺮamlkhyr0.08
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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 El Khair
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