Khalef Surname
Approximately 5,737 people bear this surname
Khalef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 3,551 | 1:10,879 | 1,888 |
| Egypt | 1,342 | 1:68,507 | 6,354 |
| Morocco | 239 | 1:144,251 | 25,171 |
| Tanzania | 235 | 1:225,283 | 18,694 |
| Iran | 114 | 1:673,531 | 35,891 |
| France | 89 | 1:746,323 | 92,306 |
| Pakistan | 38 | 1:4,701,155 | 31,402 |
| Mauritania | 21 | 1:194,993 | 9,876 |
| United States | 16 | 1:22,653,683 | 662,747 |
| India | 15 | 1:51,137,692 | 512,385 |
| Tunisia | 10 | 1:61,063 | 7,682 |
| Sweden | 10 | 1:984,676 | 73,605 |
| Turkey | 7 | 1:11,117,346 | 139,182 |
| Denmark | 5 | 1:1,128,943 | 52,970 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Ukraine | 3 | 1:15,174,232 | 372,501 |
| Kenya | 3 | 1:15,393,300 | 77,493 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Slovakia | 1 | 1:5,336,450 | 140,422 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Khaléf (1) are calculated separately.
Khalef (1,502) may also be a first name.
Khalef Demographics
Average Khalef Salary in
United States
$43,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Khalef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khalef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Khalef (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻠﻒ, Marathi: खालेफ, Russian: Халеф) is more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may also occur in the variant forms: Khaléf. For other possible spellings of Khalef click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khalef? popularity and diffusion
It is the 84,245th most frequently held last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,270,271 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 94 percent of Khalef live; 90 percent live in North Africa and 66 percent live in Mahgreb. Khalef is also the 200,630th most frequently used first name internationally, borne by 1,502 people.
Khalef is most common in Algeria, where it is carried by 3,551 people, or 1 in 10,879. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Algiers Province, where 39 percent are found, El Oued Province, where 9 percent are found and Guelma Province, where 8 percent are found. Aside from Algeria this last name is found in 40 countries. It is also common in Egypt, where 23 percent are found and Morocco, where 4 percent are found.
Khalef Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Khalef last name are 21.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 75% registered with the political party.
The amount Khalef earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 0.23% more than the national average, earning $43,250 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.57% less than the national average, earning $41,946 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khalef Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khalef in the Marathi language | ||
| खालेफ | khalepha | 79.31 |
| अखालेफ | akhalepha | 13.79 |
| खलेफ | khalepha | 6.9 |
| Khalef in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻠﻒ | khlf | 63.64 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻒ | alkhlf | 27.27 |
| ﺧﺎﻟﻒ | khalf | 9.09 |
| Khalef in the Russian language | ||
| Халеф | halef | - |
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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 Khalef
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