Xal Surname

835,661st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 330 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Belize

Xal Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Xal Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran3051:251,74618,961
Thailand141:5,045,596363,835
Belize91:39,4972,328
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Iraq11:35,021,65431,813

Xal (126) may also be a first name.

Xal Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Xal Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Xal is most common in Iran. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Xal? popularity and diffusion

The surname Xal is the 835,661st most prevalent last name globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,083,472 people. This surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 97 percent of Xal live; 92 percent live in South Asia and 92 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 829,183rd most widespread first name globally. It is borne by 126 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Iran, where it is held by 305 people, or 1 in 251,746. In Iran it is mostly concentrated in: Tehran Province, where 24 percent reside, Razavi Khorasan Province, where 13 percent reside and Lorestan Province, where 13 percent reside. Beside Iran it occurs in 4 countries. It is also found in Thailand, where 4 percent reside and Belize, where 3 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Xale86725/
Cxal865/
Xalh864/
Xgal862/
Kxal861/
Xall861/
Xald861/
Xajl861/
Xeal861/
Xhale7552/
Xalle7539/
Xayle7517/
Ngxal751/
Xaslt751/
Xhall751/
Xol6754,461/
Sal6736,420/
Çal679,665/
Zal678,138/
Šal6720/
Xaille679/
Xalova674/
Xhaule671/
Şal671/

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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 Xal
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