Last name ﺧﺎﻟﺪ (ﺧﺎﻟﺪ 
) , around the world, is quite a common cognomen. The cognomen ﺧﺎﻟﺪ is habitual in Northern Africa, particularly Sudan, where it is quite a rare surname, Egypt, and Libya. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in Egypt, Sudan, and Syria. More prevalently, ﺧﺎﻟﺪ is the forename as well as the last name.