Khair Surname
Approximately 281,048 people bear this surname
Khair Surname User-submission:
The Khair surname comes from the Arabic word خير, which means 'good', and some synonyms are 'charitable', 'benevolent', and 'bent'.
Khair Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 114,041 | 1:282 | 34 |
| Sudan | 42,840 | 1:876 | 108 |
| Syria | 34,972 | 1:552 | 71 |
| Egypt | 20,501 | 1:4,484 | 594 |
| Bangladesh | 19,375 | 1:8,225 | 722 |
| India | 13,310 | 1:57,631 | 3,946 |
| Pakistan | 6,301 | 1:28,352 | 1,436 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5,605 | 1:5,505 | 759 |
| Indonesia | 5,160 | 1:25,630 | 3,049 |
| Lebanon | 3,413 | 1:1,652 | 314 |
| Iran | 3,147 | 1:24,399 | 3,064 |
| Malaysia | 2,352 | 1:12,540 | 1,319 |
| Morocco | 2,215 | 1:15,565 | 2,337 |
| Jordan | 1,738 | 1:5,088 | 1,038 |
| Israel | 1,321 | 1:6,478 | 983 |
| Iraq | 886 | 1:39,528 | 1,717 |
| Palestine | 783 | 1:5,810 | 1,273 |
| United States | 395 | 1:917,618 | 68,923 |
| United Arab Emirates | 360 | 1:25,451 | 2,862 |
| Sri Lanka | 292 | 1:71,262 | 7,441 |
| Nepal | 284 | 1:100,285 | 2,104 |
| Kuwait | 241 | 1:15,771 | 2,101 |
| Mauritania | 230 | 1:17,804 | 1,645 |
| Algeria | 200 | 1:193,158 | 23,303 |
| England | 177 | 1:314,791 | 23,605 |
| Qatar | 153 | 1:15,412 | 1,691 |
| Bahrain | 118 | 1:11,429 | 2,102 |
| Australia | 88 | 1:306,769 | 26,711 |
| Singapore | 77 | 1:71,529 | 2,869 |
| Canada | 68 | 1:541,847 | 45,466 |
| Yemen | 62 | 1:426,214 | 10,548 |
| South Africa | 49 | 1:1,105,667 | 65,349 |
| France | 43 | 1:1,544,714 | 145,815 |
| Brazil | 39 | 1:5,489,085 | 137,424 |
| Spain | 23 | 1:2,032,697 | 53,462 |
| Russia | 21 | 1:6,863,003 | 268,198 |
| Venezuela | 19 | 1:1,589,688 | 20,788 |
| Denmark | 12 | 1:470,393 | 30,183 |
| Tunisia | 11 | 1:55,511 | 7,191 |
| Germany | 11 | 1:7,318,678 | 235,042 |
| Belgium | 10 | 1:1,149,664 | 82,403 |
| Philippines | 10 | 1:10,123,822 | 213,993 |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 1:815,054 | 3,802 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Thailand | 8 | 1:8,829,793 | 476,604 |
| Switzerland | 7 | 1:1,173,274 | 69,697 |
| Oman | 6 | 1:614,662 | 6,082 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 1:2,814,529 | 101,176 |
| Argentina | 6 | 1:7,123,902 | 190,047 |
| Kazakhstan | 5 | 1:3,536,499 | 118,599 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Turkey | 4 | 1:19,455,356 | 155,681 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,784,606 | 41,943 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| China | 2 | 1:683,660,783 | 30,601 |
| Cyprus | 2 | 1:442,438 | 9,493 |
| Maldives | 2 | 1:202,086 | 4,973 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Northern Cyprus | 1 | 1:319,011 | 10,202 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
The alternate forms: Khaír (1) are calculated separately.
Khair (230,775) may also be a first name.
Khair Surname Meaning
Khair Demographics
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Khair Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khair Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khair (Arabic: خيرِ, Bengali: খইর, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ, Hindi: खैर, Marathi: खैर, Oriya: ଖଇର, Russian: Хаир) has its highest incidence in Afghanistan. It may appear as: Khaír. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khair? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,947th most frequent surname internationally, held by around 1 in 25,930 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 76 percent of Khair are found; 56 percent are found in South Asia and 51 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. Khair is also the 4,549th most commonly used first name world-wide, held by 230,775 people.
This surname is most commonly occurring in Afghanistan, where it is carried by 114,041 people, or 1 in 282. In Afghanistan it is most numerous in: Urozgan, where 16 percent live, Kabul, where 9 percent live and Faryab, where 9 percent live. Besides Afghanistan Khair occurs in 75 countries. It also occurs in Sudan, where 15 percent live and Syria, where 12 percent live.
Khair Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Maronite (25%) in Lebanon.
In The United States Khair are 12.38% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.15% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Khair earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 92.42% less than the national average, earning €2,276 per year; in South Africa they earn 3.82% more than the national average, earning R 246,720 per year; in United States they earn 0.73% less than the national average, earning $42,833 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.35% less than the national average, earning $43,545 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khair Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khair in the Hindi language | ||
| खैर | khaira | 98.73 |
| खै़र | khaira | 0.14 |
| Khair in the Marathi language | ||
| खैर | khaira | 96.82 |
| खैरे | khaire | 0.74 |
| हरी | hari | 0.29 |
| खरे | khare | 0.07 |
| खैरु | khairu | 0.04 |
| ैर | aira | 0.04 |
| खै | khai | 0.04 |
| हिर | hira | 0.04 |
| खौर | khaura | 0.04 |
| हवी | havi | 0.04 |
| खारी | khari | 0.02 |
| Khair in the Oriya language | ||
| ଖଇର | kha'ira | 95.84 |
| ଖଈର | kha'ira | 2.14 |
| ଖଏର୍ | kha'er | 0.13 |
| Khair in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺮ | alkhyr | 51.16 |
| ﺧﻴﺮ | khyr | 44.19 |
| ﺍﺧﻴﺮ | akhyr | 3.49 |
| Khair in the Bengali language | ||
| খইর | kha'ira | 50 |
| খাইর | kha'ira | 50 |
| Khair in the Russian language | ||
| Хаир | hair | - |
| Khair in the Arabic language | ||
| خيرِ | khyri | - |
| الخير | alkhyr | - |
| خير | khyr | - |
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