Chamekh Surname
Approximately 3,007 people bear this surname
Chamekh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,715 | 1:22,526 | 4,111 |
| Morocco | 1,125 | 1:30,645 | 4,894 |
| Mauritania | 53 | 1:77,262 | 5,142 |
| Tunisia | 48 | 1:12,721 | 2,096 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Belgium | 12 | 1:958,054 | 73,966 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| Luxembourg | 2 | 1:290,271 | 8,611 |
| Oman | 2 | 1:1,843,986 | 9,590 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
Chamekh (1,412) may also be a first name.
Chamekh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamekh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chamekh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﺎﻣﺦ) is held by more people in Algeria than any other country/territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamekh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 147,286th most commonly used last name at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 2,423,527 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chamekh live; 96 percent live in North Africa and 96 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 207,873rd most commonly used first name world-wide It is held by 1,412 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is borne by 1,715 people, or 1 in 22,526. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Biskra Province, where 50 percent reside, Tébessa Province, where 12 percent reside and Tiaret Province, where 11 percent reside. Outside of Algeria Chamekh occurs in 19 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 37 percent reside and Mauritania, where 2 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamekh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamekh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﺎﻣﺦ | shamkh | 95.56 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻣﺦ | alshamkh | 3.66 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻣﺨﺔ | alshamkht | 0.26 |
| ﺷﻤﺦ | shmkh | 0.26 |
| ﺷﺎﻣﺢ | shamh | 0.26 |
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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 Chamekh
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