Khálifa
surname · Latin script
Khálifa is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Egypt than in any other country. In Bahrain it is the 9th most common surname. Recorded meaning: status name or honorific title from Arabic khalTfah ‘successor’, ‘regent’, ‘viceroy’, in English often transliterated as caliph.
- BHBahrain≈1 in 933(inferred from the name graph)
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 2K
- EGEgypt≈1 in 2.2K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Egypt (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 236 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 933 (inferred from the name graph)
≈48,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Bahrain, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
One other spelling is counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Khalifa in EG Egypt, IN India, BH Bahrain and 5 more.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
status name or honorific title from Arabic khalTfah ‘successor’, ‘regent’, ‘viceroy’, in English often transliterated as caliph. This was the title adopted after the death of Muhammad in 632 by his successor Abu-Bakr. The caliphs ruled in Bahgdad until 1258, then in Egypt until the Ottoman conquest (1517). The title was then held by the Ottoman sultans in Istanbul until it was abolished by Kamal Atattirk in 1924.
Sources 5
- A concise dictionary of first names
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Whats in a name = Unaitwaje a Swahili book of names
- A Dictionary of Muslim Names
- Dicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…
Attested across 20 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Khálifa counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| EG Egypt | #153 | ≈48,000 est. | ≈1 in 2.2K | — | Khalifa | 151 |
| IN India | — | 8,886 | 1 in 149K | 8.9K | Khalifa | 81 |
| NG Nigeria | — | ≈8,600 est. | ≈1 in 25K | — | Khalifa | 45 |
| TZ Tanzania | — | ≈6,900 est. | ≈1 in 8.5K | 4 | Khalifa | 25 |
| SA Saudi Arabia | #452 | ≈6,300 est. | ≈1 in 5.4K | — | Khalifa | 95 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | #87 | ≈4,900 est. | ≈1 in 2K | — | Khalifa | 153 |
| TN Tunisia | #62 | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | — | Khalifa | 68 |
| BH Bahrain | #9 | ≈1,600 est. | ≈1 in 933 | — | Khalifa | 93 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Instate — India surnames (clean spellings) from electoral rolls; INEC Special Gazette 2021 — 2020 parliamentary election results. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Evidence(measured from records)
No register attests this spelling yet
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Khálifa mean, and where does it come from?
- status name or honorific title from Arabic khalTfah ‘successor’, ‘regent’, ‘viceroy’, in English often transliterated as caliph. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and Dictionary of American Family Names and 3 other sources.
- In which country does Khálifa have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 48 thousand people named Khálifa in Egypt, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled khalifa.
- How common is the name Khálifa?
- In India, the national register counted 8,886 people named Khálifa, about 1 in 149 thousand residents.
- How common is Khálifa compared with other names?
- In Egypt, Khálifa is the 153rd most common surname of 306,210 surnames recorded there.
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About this data
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Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
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Cite this page Mondonomo, “Khálifa” — the 153rd most common surname in Egypt. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.