El Khalifa Surname
Approximately 6,182 people bear this surname
El Khalifa Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 2,800 | 1:13,396 | 1,853 |
| Morocco | 1,636 | 1:21,073 | 3,270 |
| Mauritania | 825 | 1:4,963 | 597 |
| Egypt | 671 | 1:137,013 | 10,788 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| France | 26 | 1:2,554,720 | 189,486 |
| United Arab Emirates | 7 | 1:1,308,896 | 51,006 |
| Croatia | 5 | 1:845,721 | 48,179 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
El Khalifa (1,496) may also be a first name.
El Khalifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name El Khalifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name El Khalifa (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻴﻔﻪ) is more frequently found in Sudan than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name El Khalifa? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 78,971st most common surname globally, held by approximately 1 in 1,178,833 people. The surname El Khalifa occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of El Khalifa live; 83 percent live in North Africa and 56 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 201,047th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 1,496 people.
This last name is most common in Sudan, where it is borne by 2,800 people, or 1 in 13,396. Without taking into account Sudan this surname is found in 15 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 26 percent are found and Mauritania, where 13 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Khalifah | 95 | 488 | / |
| El Khaliffa | 95 | 23 | / |
| El Halifa | 95 | 1 | / |
| El Khaleifa | 95 | 1 | / |
| El Khailifa | 95 | 1 | / |
| El Kalifa | 95 | 1 | / |
| El Khalifi | 90 | 2,160 | / |
| El-Khalifa | 90 | 292 | / |
| El Khelifa | 90 | 16 | / |
| El Khalife | 90 | 16 | / |
| El Khalefa | 90 | 9 | / |
| El Halifah | 90 | 6 | / |
| El Khalify | 90 | 2 | / |
| El Hkalifa | 90 | 1 | / |
| El Khalyfa | 90 | 1 | / |
| El Khalifih | 86 | 122 | / |
| El Khalipha | 86 | 19 | / |
| El Khalifie | 86 | 4 | / |
| El Khaleefa | 86 | 1 | / |
| El Khallifi | 86 | 1 | / |
| El Kalifi | 84 | 1 | / |
| El Kelifa | 84 | 1 | / |
| El Khalefy | 80 | 639 | / |
| El Kholify | 80 | 9 | / |
| El Khalyfy | 80 | 4 | / |
| el-Khalifi | 80 | 3 | / |
| El Khalefe | 80 | 1 | / |
| El Kholiefy | 76 | 4 | / |
| El-Khalipha | 76 | 1 | / |
| El Khoulefa | 76 | 1 | / |
| El Khoulaifi | 73 | 1 | / |
| El Kholefy | 70 | 1 | / |
| El-Kholaify | 67 | 1 | / |
| El-Kholefy | 60 | 1 | / |
El Khalifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| El Khalifa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻴﻔﻪ | alkhlyfh | 74.25 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻴﻔﺔ | alkhlyft | 14.31 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻴﻒ | alkhlyf | 9.3 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻟﻴﻒ | alkhalyf | 0.86 |
| ﻟﺨﻠﻴﻔﻪ | lkhlyfh | 0.43 |
| ﻟﺨﻠﻴﻔﺔ | lkhlyft | 0.29 |
| ﺃﺧﻠﻴﻒ | akhlyf | 0.14 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻔﻴﺔ | alkhlfyt | 0.14 |
| ﺧﻠﻴﻔﻪ | khlyfh | 0.14 |
| ﺍﺧﻠﻴﻔﺔ | akhlyft | 0.14 |
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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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- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to El Khalifa
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