Chamek Surname
Approximately 783 people bear this surname
Chamek Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 688 | 1:56,151 | 9,507 |
| France | 63 | 1:1,054,329 | 115,549 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Thailand | 13 | 1:5,433,719 | 375,884 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
The alternate forms: Chamék (1) are calculated separately.
Chamek Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamek Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chamek (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻣﺦ) is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Chamék. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamek? popularity and diffusion
It is the 437,968th most frequently held last name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 9,307,211 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Chamek reside; 88 percent reside in North Africa and 88 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The surname Chamek is most frequently occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 688 people, or 1 in 56,151. In Algeria it is most prevalent in: Tizi Ouzou Province, where 36 percent reside, Algiers Province, where 32 percent reside and Bouïra Province, where 20 percent reside. Barring Algeria this surname occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in France, where 8 percent reside and Brazil, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamek Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamek in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻣﺦ | alshamkh | 50 |
| ﺷﺎﻣﺦ | shamkh | 50 |
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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
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- 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 Chamek
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