Khairou Surname
Approximately 4,955 people bear this surname
Khairou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 3,902 | 1:4,946 | 555 |
| Iraq | 645 | 1:54,297 | 2,087 |
| Mauritania | 324 | 1:12,638 | 1,220 |
| Lebanon | 74 | 1:76,177 | 5,224 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
The alternate forms: Khaïrou (1) are calculated separately.
Khairou (6,200) may also be a first name.
Khairou Demographics
Khairou Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Religious Adherence
in Lebanon
Khairou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khairou Come From? nationality or country of origin
Khairou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻴﺮﻭ, Hindi: खैरू) is found most in Syria. It can be rendered as a variant: Khaïrou. Click here for further possible spellings of Khairou.
How Common Is The Last Name Khairou? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 96,008th most frequently used family name throughout the world, held by approximately 1 in 1,470,746 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Asia, where 93 percent of Khairou are found; 93 percent are found in West Asia and 93 percent are found in Levant. It is also the 83,898th most common given name world-wide, held by 6,200 people.
The last name is most prevalent in Syria, where it is carried by 3,902 people, or 1 in 4,946. In Syria Khairou is mostly found in: Damascus Governorate, where 46 percent reside, Aleppo Governorate, where 21 percent reside and Hama Governorate, where 18 percent reside. Not including Syria it is found in 8 countries. It is also found in Iraq, where 13 percent reside and Mauritania, where 7 percent reside.
Khairou Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Greek Orthodox (79%) in Lebanon.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khairou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khairou in the Hindi language | ||
| खैरू | khairu | - |
| Khairou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻴﺮﻭ | khyrw | 97.59 |
| ﺧﻴﺮ | khyr | 2.41 |
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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 Khairou
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