Khamenei Surname
Approximately 400 people bear this surname
Khamenei Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 228 | 1:336,765 | 22,873 |
| Afghanistan | 158 | 1:203,501 | 3,823 |
| Indonesia | 7 | 1:18,892,742 | 520,071 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
Khamenei (81) may also be a first name.
Khamenei Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khamenei Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khamenei (Arabic: خامنئي) occurs more in Iran more than any other country/territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Khamenei.
How Common Is The Last Name Khamenei? popularity and diffusion
The last name Khamenei is the 726,304th most frequently occurring surname globally, held by around 1 in 18,218,865 people. The surname Khamenei is predominantly found in Asia, where 98 percent of Khamenei live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Islamic South Asia. Khamenei is also the 1,068,082nd most numerous first name world-wide, borne by 81 people.
The surname is most widespread in Iran, where it is borne by 228 people, or 1 in 336,765. In Iran Khamenei is most frequent in: Tehran Province, where 50 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 19 percent reside and East Azerbaijan Province, where 16 percent reside. Beside Iran Khamenei is found in 5 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 40 percent reside and Indonesia, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khamenei Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khamenei in the Arabic language | ||
| خامنئي | khamnyy | - |
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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 Khamenei
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