The Khalifa surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 999 people carried this name — #24,890 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 294,100 people counted. That is up 74% from 575 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 282 people named Khalifa.
Most of them — 175 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 22 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 Belgium’s population register
At least 209 people named Khalifa 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.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
110 people named Khalifa live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where 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 the Nordic population registers
309 people named Khalifa are counted in Sweden and Finland.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published. Finland counts its citizens, at home or abroad.
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) · Digital and Population Data Services Agency (DVV), Finland, surname statistics, August 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Khalifa in American newspapers,
1896–1955.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 6,018 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Khalifa,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hamad I of Bahrain 1872–1942 · sovereign -
Isa II of Bahrain 1933–1999 · sovereign -
Aḥmad Khalīfah 1937–2021 · translator -
ʻAlī ʻAbd Allāh Khalīfah 1944–2026 · writer -
Hamad II of Bahrain 1950– · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 48 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Khalifa.
- Kettler 3,424 · U.S. census
- Keusch 320 · U.S. census
- Kevorkian 681 · U.S. census
- Keyser 7,978 · U.S. census
- Khaled 731 · U.S. census
- Khalid 3,046 · 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
- Khoury 5,753 · U.S. census
- Kibler 5,849 · U.S. census
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