Ceikh Surname
Approximately 7 people bear this surname
Ceikh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
Ceikh (18) may also be a first name.
Ceikh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ceikh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Ceikh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ) occurs in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ceikh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 7,117,718th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name Ceikh occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Ceikh live; 71 percent live in North Africa and 71 percent live in Mahgreb. Ceikh is also the 2,608,198th most common first name at a global level It is held by 18 people.
It is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 5 people, or 1 in 7,726,310. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Tamanghasset Province, where 80 percent are found and El Bayadh Province, where 20 percent are found. Aside from Algeria this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 29 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Ceikh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Ceikh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ | alshykh | - |
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Ceikh
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