Khalifa Surname
Approximately 490,001 people bear this surname
Khalifa Surname User-submission:
Khalifa or Khalifah is a name or title which means "successor" or "steward". It most commonly refers to the leader of a Caliphate, but is also used as a title among various Islamic religious groups and orders. Khalifa is sometimes also pronounced as "kalifa".
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| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 138,108 | 1:666 | 81 |
| Sudan | 91,561 | 1:410 | 46 |
| Iraq | 54,212 | 1:646 | 101 |
| Libya | 48,963 | 1:128 | 10 |
| Saudi Arabia | 26,116 | 1:1,181 | 111 |
| India | 19,547 | 1:39,242 | 2,762 |
| Syria | 17,684 | 1:1,091 | 140 |
| Lebanon | 13,183 | 1:428 | 60 |
| Jordan | 10,823 | 1:817 | 106 |
| Iran | 10,294 | 1:7,459 | 1,040 |
| Bangladesh | 7,930 | 1:20,095 | 1,428 |
| Tanzania | 5,724 | 1:9,249 | 1,210 |
| Palestine | 4,177 | 1:1,089 | 178 |
| Morocco | 4,124 | 1:8,360 | 1,110 |
| Algeria | 3,681 | 1:10,495 | 1,824 |
| Afghanistan | 3,375 | 1:9,527 | 693 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3,375 | 1:2,715 | 339 |
| Bahrain | 3,159 | 1:427 | 28 |
| Nigeria | 2,958 | 1:59,886 | 4,472 |
| England | 1,957 | 1:28,471 | 3,846 |
| Kuwait | 1,957 | 1:1,942 | 243 |
| Ethiopia | 1,932 | 1:50,490 | 5,344 |
| Chad | 1,637 | 1:8,303 | 1,149 |
| Yemen | 1,612 | 1:16,393 | 1,829 |
| Angola | 1,578 | 1:17,103 | 2,033 |
| France | 1,168 | 1:56,869 | 7,568 |
| Ghana | 1,108 | 1:24,387 | 2,946 |
| United States | 1,089 | 1:332,836 | 30,117 |
| Oman | 948 | 1:3,890 | 563 |
| Pakistan | 900 | 1:198,493 | 4,870 |
| Mauritania | 883 | 1:4,637 | 557 |
| Qatar | 705 | 1:3,345 | 325 |
| Tunisia | 664 | 1:920 | 55 |
| Kenya | 579 | 1:79,758 | 7,379 |
| Canada | 343 | 1:107,422 | 11,548 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| Belgium | 172 | 1:66,841 | 10,711 |
| Spain | 146 | 1:320,219 | 18,882 |
| Indonesia | 131 | 1:1,009,536 | 73,900 |
| Sweden | 129 | 1:76,331 | 5,713 |
| Germany | 108 | 1:745,421 | 56,003 |
| South Africa | 96 | 1:564,351 | 43,987 |
| Romania | 74 | 1:271,323 | 25,089 |
| Thailand | 72 | 1:981,088 | 150,124 |
| Portugal | 66 | 1:157,852 | 6,835 |
| Uganda | 63 | 1:619,671 | 32,575 |
| Malaysia | 54 | 1:546,189 | 26,882 |
| Philippines | 49 | 1:2,066,086 | 120,732 |
| Australia | 43 | 1:627,807 | 44,139 |
| Netherlands | 41 | 1:411,882 | 42,990 |
| Russia | 36 | 1:4,003,418 | 194,829 |
| Greece | 35 | 1:316,565 | 45,415 |
| Niger | 34 | 1:564,471 | 14,312 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| Italy | 29 | 1:2,108,851 | 90,314 |
| Brazil | 20 | 1:10,703,717 | 220,519 |
| Malta | 18 | 1:23,904 | 1,289 |
| Scotland | 18 | 1:297,434 | 13,849 |
| Senegal | 18 | 1:809,963 | 2,817 |
| Belarus | 13 | 1:730,851 | 59,297 |
| Kazakhstan | 12 | 1:1,473,541 | 75,349 |
| Wales | 11 | 1:281,321 | 15,850 |
| Czechia | 9 | 1:1,181,497 | 85,740 |
| Malawi | 9 | 1:1,902,123 | 19,532 |
| Mozambique | 9 | 1:3,029,063 | 2,946 |
| Norway | 9 | 1:571,365 | 44,190 |
| Togo | 9 | 1:805,308 | 6,372 |
| Mexico | 8 | 1:15,515,776 | 47,773 |
| Cameroon | 7 | 1:2,967,010 | 123,373 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Denmark | 6 | 1:940,786 | 47,603 |
| Austria | 5 | 1:1,703,087 | 89,702 |
| Benin | 5 | 1:2,067,120 | 68,069 |
| Finland | 5 | 1:1,099,340 | 45,512 |
| Northern Ireland | 4 | 1:461,259 | 16,615 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Gambia | 4 | 1:480,863 | 548 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Singapore | 4 | 1:1,376,926 | 28,409 |
| Tajikistan | 4 | 1:2,096,673 | 7,416 |
| Japan | 3 | 1:42,614,764 | 59,022 |
| Liberia | 3 | 1:1,469,512 | 38,766 |
| Serbia | 3 | 1:2,381,649 | 30,913 |
| Azerbaijan | 2 | 1:4,824,561 | 42,415 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Ivory Coast | 2 | 1:11,535,616 | 61,806 |
| Slovakia | 2 | 1:2,668,225 | 118,680 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 2 | 1:681,988 | 17,017 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| Vietnam | 2 | 1:46,323,027 | 5,235 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Argentina | 1 | 1:42,743,414 | 282,706 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Barbados | 1 | 1:287,448 | 2,772 |
| British Virgin Islands | 1 | 1:31,594 | 1,029 |
| Burundi | 1 | 1:9,804,852 | 2,349 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Colombia | 1 | 1:47,774,072 | 44,230 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Croatia | 1 | 1:4,228,604 | 99,289 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Eritrea | 1 | 1:4,751,901 | 911 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Haiti | 1 | 1:10,683,907 | 24,607 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Madagascar | 1 | 1:23,649,837 | 9,420 |
| Mali | 1 | 1:16,969,035 | 4,067 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Monaco | 1 | 1:37,066 | 4,748 |
| Mongolia | 1 | 1:2,825,289 | 17,010 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Somaliland | 1 | 1:3,500,182 | 1,592 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
Khalifa (155,016) may also be a first name.
Khalifa Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Khalifa or Khalifah is a name or title which means "successor" or "steward". It most commonly refers to the leader of a Caliphate, but is also used as a title among various Islamic religious groups and orders. Khalifa is sometimes also pronounced as "kalifa".
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Khalifa Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khalifa Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Khalifa (Arabic: خاليفه, Bengali: খলিফা, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻠﻴﻔﻪ, Hindi: खलीफा, Marathi: खलीफा, Oriya: ଖଲିଫା, Russian: Халифа) is found most frequently in Egypt. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of Khalifa.
How Common Is The Last Name Khalifa? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,093rd most frequently occurring family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 14,873 people. The last name Khalifa is primarily found in Africa, where 62 percent of Khalifa live; 59 percent live in North Africa and 57 percent live in Arabic North Africa. It is also the 6,772nd most commonly held first name globally, held by 155,016 people.
Khalifa is most frequently occurring in Egypt, where it is borne by 138,108 people, or 1 in 666. Barring Egypt Khalifa exists in 128 countries. It is also found in Sudan, where 19 percent live and Iraq, where 11 percent live.
Khalifa Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those bearing the surname is chiefly Muslim (80%) in Kenya, Shiite (61%) in Lebanon and Muslim (94%) in Nigeria.
In The United States those holding the Khalifa surname are 9.59% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.82% registered with the party.
The amount Khalifa earn in different countries varies greatly. In Italy they earn 85.06% less than the national average, earning €4,487 per year; in South Africa they earn 29% less than the national average, earning R 168,732 per year; in United States they earn 14.05% more than the national average, earning $49,210 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.57% more than the national average, earning $52,949 CAD per year.
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Khalifa Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khalifa in the Bengali language | ||
| খলিফা | khalipha | - |
| Khalifa in the Marathi language | ||
| खलीफा | khalipha | 87.41 |
| खािलफा | khailapha | 4.04 |
| खालीफा | khalipha | 3.8 |
| िखलफा | ikhalapha | 1.6 |
| खलील | khalila | 0.88 |
| खालीक | khalika | 0.24 |
| खलीपा | khalipa | 0.24 |
| खािलका | khailaka | 0.16 |
| खळीफा | khalipha | 0.16 |
| खलीफ | khalipha | 0.12 |
| हनीफ़ | hanifa | 0.08 |
| शेखलाल | sekhalala | 0.08 |
| खाळीफा | khalipha | 0.08 |
| हलीमा | halima | 0.08 |
| कलीम | kalima | 0.08 |
| खलीमा | khalima | 0.08 |
| खािलद | khailada | 0.08 |
| खालीद | khalida | 0.08 |
| खािलब | khailaba | 0.04 |
| खालीदा | khalida | 0.04 |
| Khalifa in the Hindi language | ||
| खलीफा | khalipha | 85.38 |
| खलिफा | khalipha | 10.53 |
| खालिफा | khalipha | 1.75 |
| खालीफा | khalipha | 1.17 |
| खालिफ़ा | khalifa | 0.58 |
| खलीफ़ा | khalifa | 0.29 |
| बेहलीम | behalima | 0.29 |
| Khalifa in the Oriya language | ||
| ଖଲିଫା | khalipha | 75 |
| ଖାଲିଫା | khalipha | 25 |
| Khalifa in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻠﻴﻔﻪ | khlyfh | 32.4 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻴﻔﻪ | alkhlyfh | 24.25 |
| ﺍﺧﻠﻴﻔﻪ | akhlyfh | 11.8 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻴﻔﺔ | alkhlyft | 7.51 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﻠﻴﻒ | alkhlyf | 4.29 |
| ﺧﻠﻴﻔﺎ | khlyfa | 3.86 |
| ﺧﻠﻴﻒ | khlyf | 3 |
| ﺧﻠﻴﻔﺔ | khlyft | 3 |
| ﺧﺎﻟﻴﻔﺎ | khalyfa | 2.15 |
| ﺍﺧﻠﻴﻒ | akhlyf | 1.93 |
| ﺃﺧﻠﻴﻔﻪ | akhlyfh | 1.72 |
| ﻟﺨﻠﻴﻒ | lkhlyf | 0.86 |
| ﺧﺎﻟﻴﻒ | khalyf | 0.64 |
| ﺍﺧﻠﻴﻔﺔ | akhlyft | 0.64 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻟﻴﻔﺔ | alkhalyft | 0.21 |
| ﻛﺎﻟﻴﻔﺎ | kalyfa | 0.21 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻟﻴﻒ | alkhalyf | 0.21 |
| ﺃﺧﻠﻴﻒ | akhlyf | 0.21 |
| ﺧﻠﻴﻪ | khlyh | 0.21 |
| ﺧﺎﻟﻴﻔﻪ | khalyfh | 0.21 |
| ﻟﺨﻠﻴﻔﻪ | lkhlyfh | 0.21 |
| ﻟﺨﻠﻴﻔﺔ | lkhlyft | 0.21 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﺎﻟﻴﻔﻪ | alkhalyfh | 0.21 |
| Khalifa in the Russian language | ||
| Халифа | halifa | - |
| Khalifa in the Arabic language | ||
| خاليفه | khalyfh | - |
| خليفة | khlyft | - |
| خليفه | khlyfh | - |
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