Khalafah Surname
Approximately 2,309 people bear this surname
Khalafah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Syria | 1,083 | 1:17,822 | 1,363 |
| Iraq | 823 | 1:42,554 | 1,793 |
| Palestine | 291 | 1:15,632 | 2,730 |
| Jordan | 77 | 1:114,837 | 7,522 |
| Tunisia | 28 | 1:21,808 | 3,430 |
| Yemen | 6 | 1:4,404,216 | 18,907 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
Khalafah (6,480) may also be a first name.
Khalafah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khalafah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khalafah is found most in Syria. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Khalafah.
How Common Is The Last Name Khalafah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 183,872nd most common last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 3,156,148 people. Khalafah is mostly found in Asia, where 99 percent of Khalafah live; 99 percent live in West Asia and 99 percent live in Levant. It is also the 81,562nd most widespread first name in the world. It is borne by 6,480 people.
This surname is most frequently used in Syria, where it is borne by 1,083 people, or 1 in 17,822. In Syria it is mostly found in: Aleppo Governorate, where 81 percent are found, Hama Governorate, where 17 percent are found and Homs Governorate, where 2 percent are found. Other than Syria Khalafah occurs in 6 countries. It also occurs in Iraq, where 36 percent are found and Palestine, where 13 percent are found.
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Khalafah
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