Kheitar Surname
Approximately 197 people bear this surname
Kheitar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 192 | 1:21,327 | 1,903 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
The alternate forms: Kheïtar (8) are calculated separately.
Kheitar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kheitar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kheitar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻴﻄﺎﺭ) is found most in Mauritania. It can also appear in the variant forms: Kheïtar. For other potential spellings of Kheitar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kheitar? popularity and diffusion
The surname Kheitar is the 1,198,640th most frequent family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 36,992,619 people. Kheitar occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Kheitar live; 97 percent live in West Africa and 97 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
Kheitar is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is held by 192 people, or 1 in 21,327. In Mauritania Kheitar is primarily found in: Assaba Region, where 70 percent live, Adrar Region, where 11 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 7 percent live. Apart from Mauritania Kheitar exists in one country. It also occurs in Algeria, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kheitar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kheitar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻴﻄﺎﺭ | khytar | 82.5 |
| ﺧﻴﺘﺎﺭ | khytar | 15 |
| ﺍﺧﻴﻄﺎﺭ | akhytar | 2.5 |
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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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- 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 Kheitar
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