Meaning, Origin & Family History (2024)

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The meaning of Khalil How common is the last name Khalil in the United States? Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Khalil Khalil ancestry composition Possible origins of the surname Khalil What Khalil haplogroups can tell you Your paternal lineage may be linked to men who spread the Semitic languages Your maternal lineage may be linked to Marie Antoinette What do people with the surname Khalil have in common? Preferences Chocolate Ice Cream Vanilla Ice Cream Like Very Cold Weather Likes Sweets Stawberry Ice Cream Likes Hoppy Beer Chocolate Ice Cream Vanilla Ice Cream Like Very Cold Weather Likes Sweets Stawberry Ice Cream Likes Hoppy Beer Chocolate Ice Cream Vanilla Ice Cream Like Very Cold Weather Likes Sweets Stawberry Ice Cream Likes Hoppy Beer Traits Misophonia Cheek Dimples Acrophobia Misophonia Cheek Dimples Acrophobia Misophonia Cheek Dimples Acrophobia Habits Sugary Drink Vitamin Use Kinesthetic Learner Tea Consumption Learn Language As Adult Verbal Learner Sugary Drink Vitamin Use Kinesthetic Learner Tea Consumption Learn Language As Adult Verbal Learner Sugary Drink Vitamin Use Kinesthetic Learner Tea Consumption Learn Language As Adult Verbal Learner Wellness Migraine Cat Allergy Migraine Cat Allergy Migraine Cat Allergy Are health conditions linked to the last name Khalil? Age-Related Macular Degeneration Hereditary Hemochromatosis (HFE-Related) Celiac Disease Hereditary Thrombophilia Celiac Disease Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Hereditary Thrombophilia G6PD Deficiency Age-Related Macular Degeneration Hereditary Hemochromatosis (HFE-Related) Celiac Disease Hereditary Thrombophilia Celiac Disease Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Hereditary Thrombophilia G6PD Deficiency Age-Related Macular Degeneration Hereditary Hemochromatosis (HFE-Related) Celiac Disease Hereditary Thrombophilia Celiac Disease Late-Onset Alzheimer's Disease Hereditary Thrombophilia G6PD Deficiency FAQs

The meaning of Khalil

Arabic: from a personal name based on Arabic khalīl ‘friend’. Khalīlullāh ‘friend of God’ is an honorific title given to the prophet Ibrahim (which corresponds to the Biblical Abraham; see Ibrahim). See the Koran 4:125: ‘God/Allah took Ibrahim as his friend.’ Bearers of this surname are both Muslims and Christians. Compare Kalil. Some characteristic forenames: Arabic/Muslim Mohamed, Samir, Ali, Khalil, Mohammad, Ahmed, Ashraf, Hussein, Jamal, Khalid, Maged, Mohammed.

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How common is the last name Khalil in the United States?

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Khalil significantly increased from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 6787th in popularity with a count of 4578 individuals bearing this name, at a proportion of 1.7 per 100,000 people. By 2010, the rank had climbed to 5024th, an increase of about 26%. The count rose to 6983, representing a substantial growth of 52.53%, and the proportion per 100,000 people also grew by 39.41% to 2.37.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#6,787	#5,024	25.98%
Count	4,578	6,983	52.53%
Proportion per 100k	1.7	2.37	39.41%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Khalil

The Census data also helps us understand changes in the ethnic identity associated with the surname Khalil. In 2000, most individuals with the Khalil surname identified as White (65.79%), followed by those identifying with two or more races (18.81%). However, by 2010, there was a significant change. The percentage of those identifying as White increased to 75.53%, while the category of two or more races saw a drastic decrease to 6.07%. There were also slight increases in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Black, up to 9.92% and 5.3% respectively. New entries into the ethnicity distribution included Hispanics at 2.94% and American Indian and Alaskan Natives at 0.24%.

	2000	2010	Change
White	65.79%	75.53%	14.8%
Asian/Pacific Islander	7.62%	9.92%	30.18%
Two or More Races	18.81%	6.07%	-67.73%
Black	4.7%	5.3%	12.77%
Hispanic	0%	2.94%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.24%	0%

Khalil ancestry composition

23andMe computes an ancestry breakdown for each customer. People may have ancestry from just one population or they may have ancestry from several populations. The most commonly-observed ancestry found in people with the surname Khalil is Levantine, which comprises 23.1% of all ancestry found in people with the surname. The next two most common ancestries are Egyptian (16.9%) and Coptic Egyptian (12.1%). Additional ancestries include British & Irish, Iranian, Caucasian & Mesopotamian, Northern Indian & Pakistani, French & German, and North African.

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ANCESTRY BREAKDOWN	COMPOSITION
Levantine	23.1%
Egyptian	16.9%
Coptic Egyptian	12.1%
Other	47.9%

Possible origins of the surname Khalil

Your DNA provides clues about where your recent ancestors may have lived. Having many distant relatives in the same location suggests that you may all share common ancestry there. Locations with many distant relatives can also be places where people have migrated recently, such as large cities. If a large number of individuals who share your surname have distant relatives in a specific area, it could indicate a connection between your surname and that location, stemming from either recent ancestral ties or migration.

Based on 23andMe data, people with last name Khalil have recent ancestry locations spanning a few countries, mostly in Lebanon, and Egypt.

RECENT ANCESTRY Location	Percentage
Beirut Governorate, Lebanon	21.80%
Beqaa Governorate, Lebanon	21.30%
South Governorate, Lebanon	21.30%
Cairo Governorate, Egypt	21.30%
Nabatiyeh Governorate, Lebanon	19.50%

What Khalil haplogroups can tell you

Haplogroups are genetic population groups that share a common ancestor on either your paternal or maternal line. These paternal and maternal haplogroups shed light on your genetic ancestry and help tell the story of your family.

The top paternal haplogroup of people with the surname Khalil is J-CTS5368, which is predominantly found among people with European ancestry. Haplogroup J-CTS5368 is descended from haplogroup J-M304. Other common haplogroups include E-L677 and J-L26, which are predominantly found among people with European and European ancestry. Other surnames with similar common haplogroups are: Saad, Ibrahim, Salem, Youssef, Saleh, Issa, Nasser, Kaplan, Awad, Cohen.

The most common maternal haplogroups of people with Khalil surname are: M, H, T1. These most commonly trace back to individuals of European ancestry.

Paternal Haplogroup Origins J-M304

Your paternal lineage may be linked to men who spread the Semitic languages

Men carrying the J-M267 lineage took part in many waves of migrations over the millennia, and domesticated animals and plants weren't the only things they carried. They may also have been among the communities that spread the Semitic languages, a diverse group that bloomed from a single proto-Semitic tongue in the Levant nearly 5,750 years ago. These men likely carried branches of both haplogroup J and of the Semitic language family through the Arabian Peninsula to the Horn of Africa. Still later, some J-M267-bearing men re-expanded from the Arabian Peninsula back through the Middle East and across North Africa in migrations associated with the emergence and spread of Islam.

Your maternal lineage may be linked to Marie Antoinette

Because it is so dominant in the general European population, haplogroup H also appears quite frequently in the continent's royal houses. Marie Antoinette, an Austrian Hapsburg who married into the French royal family, inherited the haplogroup from her maternal ancestors. So did Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, whose recorded genealogy traces his female line to Bavaria. Scientists also discovered that famed 16th century astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus traced his maternal lineages to haplogroup H.

What do people with the surname Khalil have in common?

Spoiler alert: it's complicated. People with the same last name are usually no more genetically similar than a randomly sampled group of people from the same population. That said, people with the same surname are more likely to have similar ancestries than randomly sampled individuals. The reason is the tendency of people with similar cultural or geographical backgrounds to preferentially mate with one another. That's why people who share a surname may be more likely to share traits and tendencies in common than people within the general population. Check out the percentages below to see the prevalences of tastes, habits, and traits of people with your surname compared with prevalences among 23andMe users.

Preferences

Chocolate Ice Cream

Prefers chocolate flavored ice cream over other flavors.

"Khalil" Surname 40.0%

23andMe Users 41.3%

Vanilla Ice Cream

Prefers vanilla flavored ice cream over other flavors.

"Khalil" Surname 35.6%

23andMe Users 36.7%

Like Very Cold Weather

Enjoys weather that is colder than 40 degrees Farenheit

"Khalil" Surname 37.0%

23andMe Users 24.8%

Likes Sweets

Enjoys eating sweets more than other people.

"Khalil" Surname 44.0%

23andMe Users 33.8%

Stawberry Ice Cream

Prefers strawberry flavored ice cream over other flavors.

"Khalil" Surname 17.8%

23andMe Users 14.7%