Khair Surname
Approximately 281,048 people bear this surname
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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
Khair Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
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) is found most frequently in Afghanistan. It may also appear as: Khaír. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khair? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,947th most frequently occurring last name in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 25,930 people. The last name is predominantly found in Asia, where 76 percent of Khair live; 56 percent live in South Asia and 51 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 4,549th most widespread given name throughout the world, held by 230,775 people.
Khair is most frequently occurring in Afghanistan, where it is borne by 114,041 people, or 1 in 282. In Afghanistan it is primarily found in: Urozgan, where 16 percent live, Kabul, where 9 percent live and Faryab, where 9 percent live. Not including Afghanistan Khair is found in 75 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 15 percent live and Syria, where 12 percent live.
Khair Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the Khair surname is predominantly Maronite (25%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those bearing the Khair surname are 12.38% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 59.15% registered with 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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