Khayr Surname
Approximately 5,202 people bear this surname
Khayr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 4,441 | 1:17,289 | 2,233 |
| Morocco | 443 | 1:77,824 | 13,257 |
| Somalia | 245 | 1:54,906 | 2,420 |
| United States | 17 | 1:21,321,114 | 641,998 |
| Russia | 16 | 1:9,007,691 | 311,782 |
| Mauritania | 12 | 1:341,239 | 14,334 |
| Lebanon | 4 | 1:1,409,271 | 19,641 |
| Uzbekistan | 4 | 1:7,732,286 | 43,643 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
Khayr (273) may also be a first name.
Khayr Demographics
Average Khayr Salary in
United States
$30,250 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Khayr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khayr Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Khayr (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻴﺮ, Russian: Хайр) is carried by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khayr? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 91,941st most frequently used surname in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,400,912 people. The last name Khayr is predominantly found in Asia, where 86 percent of Khayr are found; 85 percent are found in South Asia and 85 percent are found in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 537,992nd most common first name globally, borne by 273 people.
Khayr is most prevalent in Iran, where it is held by 4,441 people, or 1 in 17,289. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Fars Province, where 18 percent live, Tehran Province, where 15 percent live and Yazd Province, where 13 percent live. Without taking into account Iran this last name is found in 24 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 9 percent live and Somalia, where 5 percent live.
Khayr Last Name Statistics demography
Khayr earn significantly less than the average income. In United States they earn 29.89% less than the national average, earning $30,250 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Khayr Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Khayr in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻴﺮ | khyr | 50 |
| ﺧﻴﺎﺭ | khyar | 50 |
| Khayr in the Russian language | ||
| Хайр | hajr | - |
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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 Khayr
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