Chamkha Surname
Approximately 1,212 people bear this surname
Chamkha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 841 | 1:45,935 | 8,049 |
| Morocco | 341 | 1:101,103 | 17,469 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| Kuwait | 4 | 1:950,174 | 18,811 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
Chamkha (159) may also be a first name.
Chamkha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chamkha Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chamkha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻣﺨﻪ, Hindi: चमखा) has its highest incidence in Algeria. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chamkha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Chamkha is the 310,758th most frequent surname on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 6,012,827 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chamkha live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 727,628th most frequent given name on earth, borne by 159 people.
The last name Chamkha is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is borne by 841 people, or 1 in 45,935. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Ghardaïa Province, where 46 percent are found, Relizane Province, where 19 percent are found and Sétif Province, where 16 percent are found. Other than Algeria this last name exists in 14 countries. It is also common in Morocco, where 28 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chamkha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chamkha in the Hindi language | ||
| चमखा | camakha | - |
| Chamkha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻣﺨﻪ | alshamkhh | 50 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺎﻣﺨﺔ | alshamkht | 25.93 |
| ﺷﺎﻣﺨﻪ | shamkhh | 20.37 |
| ﺷﺎﻣﺦ | shamkh | 1.85 |
| ﺷﺎﻣﺨﺔ | shamkht | 1.85 |
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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 Chamkha
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