Elkheir Surname
Approximately 12,664 people bear this surname
Elkheir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudan | 10,080 | 1:3,721 | 533 |
| Mauritania | 1,123 | 1:3,646 | 443 |
| Algeria | 528 | 1:73,166 | 11,764 |
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Egypt | 336 | 1:273,618 | 18,414 |
| Australia | 89 | 1:303,322 | 26,493 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| United Arab Emirates | 8 | 1:1,145,284 | 40,289 |
| Germany | 6 | 1:13,417,576 | 340,600 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Malaysia | 2 | 1:14,747,112 | 316,340 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
The alternate forms: Elkheïr (2) are calculated separately.
Elkheir (2,883) may also be a first name.
Elkheir Demographics
Average Elkheir Salary in
United States
$49,271 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Elkheir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Elkheir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Elkheir (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ) is found most frequently in Sudan. It may be rendered as: Elkheïr. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Elkheir? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 41,277th most frequent surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 575,454 people. This last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Elkheir live; 90 percent live in North Africa and 82 percent live in Arabic North Africa. Elkheir is also the 135,394th most widely held first name worldwide. It is borne by 2,883 people.
The last name Elkheir is most frequently held in Sudan, where it is held by 10,080 people, or 1 in 3,721. Excluding Sudan this last name occurs in 23 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 9 percent reside and Algeria, where 4 percent reside.
Elkheir Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Elkheir earn in different countries varies significantly. In United States they earn 14.19% more than the national average, earning $49,271 USD per year and in Canada they earn 16.79% less than the national average, earning $41,343 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Elkheir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Elkheir in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ | alkhyr | 99.45 |
| ﺍﻟﻴﺨﻴﺮ | alykhyr | 0.28 |
| ﺍﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ | aalkhyr | 0.28 |
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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 Elkheir
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