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
Khamenei (Arabic: خامنئي) has its highest incidence in Iran. It may also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khamenei? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 726,304th most frequently held family name on a global scale, borne by around 1 in 18,218,865 people. This surname is primarily found in Asia, where 98 percent of Khamenei reside; 97 percent reside in South Asia and 97 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 1,068,082nd most common first name worldwide It is held by 81 people.
It is most widespread in Iran, where it is carried by 228 people, or 1 in 336,765. In Iran it is most common in: Tehran Province, where 50 percent live, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 19 percent live and East Azerbaijan Province, where 16 percent live. Excluding Iran Khamenei occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Afghanistan, where 40 percent live and Indonesia, where 2 percent live.
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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