The Khaled surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 731 people carried this name — #31,629 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 400,000 people counted. That is up 69% from 432 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Khaled surname
Transliteration of Arabic خَالِد (ḵālid).
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Khaled» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 158 people named Khaled.
Most of them — 89 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 20 départements, most often Seine-Saint-Denis.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
157 people named Khaled live in Switzerland.
They live in 13 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 134 people named Khaled live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
563 people named Khaled is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).
In print
Khaled in American newspapers,
1850–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 1,015 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Khaled,
with a public archive behind them.
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Leila Khaled 1944– · political activist -
Shimul Khaled 1963–2020 · fashion designer -
Mahjabeen Khaled 1966– · politician -
DJ Khaled 1975– · actor -
Nazim Khaled 1986– · composer -
Nabil Khaled 1945– · writer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 14 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Khaled.
- Ketels 151 · U.S. census
- Ketterer 2,620 · U.S. census
- Kettler 3,424 · U.S. census
- Keusch 320 · U.S. census
- Kevorkian 681 · U.S. census
- Keyser 7,978 · U.S. census
- Khalid 3,046 · U.S. census
- Khalifa 999 · U.S. census
- Khalil 6,983 · U.S. census
- Khan 76,171 · U.S. census
- Khatchadourian 232 · U.S. census
- Khayat 405 · U.S. census
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