Chedah Surname
Approximately 203 people bear this surname
Chedah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 129 | 1:31,743 | 2,595 |
| Liberia | 65 | 1:67,824 | 5,810 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
Chedah (12) may also be a first name.
Chedah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chedah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chedah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﺪﺡ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chedah.
How Common Is The Last Name Chedah? popularity and diffusion
Chedah is the 1,173,425th most widely held surname on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 35,899,241 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 96 percent of Chedah reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 64 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Chedah is also the 3,306,491st most commonly held first name on earth It is held by 12 people.
This last name is most frequently occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 129 people, or 1 in 31,743. In Mauritania it is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 78 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 14 percent live and Brakna Region, where 5 percent live. Excluding Mauritania this last name exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 32 percent live and Thailand, where 2 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chedah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chedah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﺪﺡ | shdh | 92.31 |
| ﺷﺪﺍﺡ | shdah | 7.69 |
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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 Chedah
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