Khalegh Surname
Approximately 1,866 people bear this surname
Khalegh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,864 | 1:41,192 | 4,769 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Khalegh (14) may also be a first name.
Khalegh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khalegh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Khalegh is found most in Iran. It can also occur as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Khalegh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Khalegh is the 219,249th most commonly occurring last name globally It is held by around 1 in 3,905,437 people. The last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Khalegh are found; 100 percent are found in South Asia and 100 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 3,024,661st most numerous first name at a global level, borne by 14 people.
This surname is most widespread in Iran, where it is held by 1,864 people, or 1 in 41,192. In Iran Khalegh is most numerous in: Razavi Khorasan Province, where 31 percent reside, North Khorasan Province, where 10 percent reside and Tehran Province, where 9 percent reside. Other than Iran it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 0 percent reside and The United States, where 0 percent reside.
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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 Khalegh
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