Kheyr Surname
Approximately 1,308 people bear this surname
Kheyr Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somalia | 1,274 | 1:10,559 | 736 |
| Iran | 8 | 1:9,597,816 | 173,045 |
| Mauritania | 7 | 1:584,980 | 20,004 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Algeria | 3 | 1:12,877,184 | 84,902 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
Kheyr Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Kheyr Come From? nationality or country of origin
Kheyr (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺧﻴﺮ, Russian: Хэйр) is held by more people in Somalia than any other country or territory. It can also appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Kheyr? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 292,296th most prevalent last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 5,571,518 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Kheyr live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 97 percent live in Cushitic Africa.
The surname is most prevalent in Somalia, where it is borne by 1,274 people, or 1 in 10,559. Without taking into account Somalia this last name occurs in 11 countries. It is also found in Iran, where 1 percent are found and Mauritania, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Kheyr Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Kheyr in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺧﻴﺮ | khyr | 75 |
| ﺧﻴﺮﻩ | khyrh | 25 |
| Kheyr in the Russian language | ||
| Хэйр | hejr | - |
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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 Kheyr
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