Khayena Surname
Approximately 18 people bear this surname
Khayena Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 17 | 1:240,874 | 11,443 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
Khayena Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khayena Come From? nationality or country of origin
Khayena (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻴﻨﻪ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Khayena? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 4,649,889th most commonly held last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. Khayena is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Khayena reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Khayena is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 17 people, or 1 in 240,874. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 71 percent reside, Brakna Region, where 18 percent reside and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 6 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania Khayena occurs in one country. It also occurs in Uganda, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khayena Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khayena in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻴﻨﻪ | khynh | 66.67 |
| ﺧﻴﻦ | khyn | 33.33 |
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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 Khayena
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