Khaliif Surname
Approximately 5,543 people bear this surname
Khaliif Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 4,901 | 1:2,745 | 273 |
| Somaliland | 421 | 1:8,314 | 561 |
| Djibouti | 125 | 1:7,319 | 508 |
| Ethiopia | 49 | 1:1,990,740 | 8,024 |
| Sweden | 13 | 1:757,443 | 56,422 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Finland | 4 | 1:1,374,176 | 50,379 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| Kenya | 2 | 1:23,089,950 | 83,168 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Zambia | 1 | 1:15,849,922 | 53,989 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
Khaliif (1,151) may also be a first name.
Khaliif Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khaliif Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Khaliif occurs in Somalia more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Khaliif? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 86,860th most frequently occurring surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 1,314,730 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Khaliif live; 99 percent live in East Africa and 98 percent live in Cushitic Africa. It is also the 234,520th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world, held by 1,151 people.
Khaliif is most frequently used in Somalia, where it is borne by 4,901 people, or 1 in 2,745. Apart from Somalia it is found in 23 countries. It also occurs in Somaliland, where 8 percent live and Djibouti, where 2 percent live.
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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 Khaliif
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