Khalem Surname
Approximately 1,653 people bear this surname
Khalem Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,570 | 1:24,606 | 4,468 |
| Iran | 38 | 1:2,020,593 | 71,790 |
| Afghanistan | 18 | 1:1,786,288 | 13,520 |
| India | 9 | 1:85,229,487 | 684,495 |
| Malaysia | 8 | 1:3,686,778 | 134,908 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Khalem (49) may also be a first name.
Khalem Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khalem Come From? nationality or country of origin
Khalem (Tibetan: ཁ་ལེམ།) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Khalem? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 241,646th most frequently occurring surname on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 4,408,679 people. The surname is predominantly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Khalem reside; 95 percent reside in North Africa and 95 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,430,306th most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 49 people.
The last name is most widespread in Algeria, where it is held by 1,570 people, or 1 in 24,606. In Algeria Khalem is most frequent in: Boumerdès Province, where 100 percent reside, Algiers Province, where 0 percent reside and Tipasa Province, where 0 percent reside. Excluding Algeria this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also common in Iran, where 2 percent reside and Afghanistan, where 1 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khalem Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khalem in the Tibetan language | ||
| ཁ་ལེམ། | khalem | - |
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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 Khalem
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