El Kher Surname

406,994th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 860 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Yemen
Highest density in:
Mauritania

El Kher Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El Kher 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
Yemen4411:59,9214,513
Mauritania3151:13,0001,254
Lebanon941:59,9694,596
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Syria41:4,825,25612,827
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437

The alternate forms: El Khér (19) are calculated separately.

Display Statistics on:
  • Religious Adherence in:
    Lebanon

El Kher Demographics

El Kher Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

Sample size: 42 (2014)

Religious Adherence
in Lebanon

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El Kher Last Name Facts

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

The surname El Kher (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ) is found most in Yemen. It may also occur in the variant forms: El Khér. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

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

It is the 406,994th most numerous family name in the world, borne by around 1 in 8,473,891 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of El Kher live; 63 percent live in West Asia and 51 percent live in Arabian Peninsula.

It is most commonly used in Yemen, where it is carried by 441 people, or 1 in 59,921. In Yemen El Kher is primarily found in: Sa'dah Governorate, where 100 percent live. Beside Yemen El Kher occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 37 percent live and Lebanon, where 11 percent live.

El Kher Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the El Kher surname is primarily Greek Orthodox (88%) in Lebanon.

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 Khér9519/
El Kheir936,354/
El Kheïr93293/
El Khier9348/
El Khere9334/
El Kheer934/
El Kheyr934/
El Kheîr931/
El Kheur931/
El Her921,118/
El Ker924/
El Kheire8817/
El Kheyre881/
El Khir86545/
El Herd86137/
El Herr8688/
El Here8658/
El Keir8654/
El-Kher8616/
El Heir869/
El Kerz864/
El Herz863/
El Keïr861/
El Hert861/
El Kier861/
El Khair804,890/
El-Kheir80240/
El Khayr8099/
El-Kheïr807/
El Keire806/
El Khire804/
El Herre803/
El Khoir801/
El Khéyr801/
El Kahyr801/
El Hir7711/
El-Her774/
El Jer772/
El Khayre7542/
El Khaire7523/
El Khaair751/
El Kahair751/
El Hair712,187/
El Kair7126/
El Kird7111/
El Hajr719/
El-Herz716/
El Kirh714/
El Hirh714/
El Hayr714/
El Hire714/
El-Khir713/
El-Keir711/
El-Herd711/
El-Khair6785/
El Chair673/
El-Khère671/
El Hirre671/
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El Kher Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Kher in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮalkhyr-

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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 Kher
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