Khelef Surname
Approximately 2,564 people bear this surname
Khelef Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 2,039 | 1:18,946 | 3,472 |
| Tanzania | 503 | 1:105,252 | 10,252 |
| France | 8 | 1:8,302,840 | 321,660 |
| Canada | 3 | 1:12,281,864 | 364,614 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Italy | 2 | 1:30,578,344 | 160,757 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Khelef (286) may also be a first name.
Khelef Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Khelef Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Khelef is found most in Algeria. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of Khelef click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Khelef? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 168,523rd most widely held surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 2,842,257 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Khelef are found; 80 percent are found in North Africa and 80 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 523,065th most commonly used given name on earth, borne by 286 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is held by 2,039 people, or 1 in 18,946. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Saïda Province, where 35 percent live, El Oued Province, where 31 percent live and Algiers Province, where 21 percent live. Aside from Algeria Khelef is found in 11 countries. It also occurs in Tanzania, where 20 percent live and France, where 0 percent live.
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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 Khelef
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