Kheyar Surname
Approximately 1,696 people bear this surname
Kheyar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,090 | 1:35,442 | 6,433 |
| Mauritania | 457 | 1:8,960 | 952 |
| Iran | 90 | 1:853,139 | 41,713 |
| India | 22 | 1:34,866,608 | 408,224 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Canada | 11 | 1:3,349,599 | 180,238 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Malaysia | 3 | 1:9,831,408 | 269,765 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Kuwait | 1 | 1:3,800,694 | 27,187 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
Kheyar (298) may also be a first name.
Kheyar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kheyar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Kheyar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻴﺎﺭ) is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Kheyar click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Kheyar? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 236,849th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 4,296,902 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 91 percent of Kheyar reside; 64 percent reside in North Africa and 64 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 510,666th most commonly occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 298 people.
The surname is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is held by 1,090 people, or 1 in 35,442. In Algeria Kheyar is most prevalent in: Algiers Province, where 100 percent are found and Blida Province, where 0 percent are found. Beside Algeria it exists in 10 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 27 percent are found and Iran, where 5 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kheyar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kheyar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻴﺎﺭ | khyar | 85.42 |
| ﺍﺧﻴﺎﺭ | akhyar | 12.5 |
| ﺃﺧﻴﺎﺭ | akhyar | 1.39 |
| ﺍﻟﺨﻴﺎﺭ | alkhyar | 0.69 |
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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 Kheyar
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