Chegaf Surname
Approximately 10 people bear this surname
Chegaf Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chegaf Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chegaf Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chegaf (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻜﺎﻑ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Chegaf click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chegaf? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 6,063,924th most commonly used last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 728,754,592 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 90 percent of Chegaf live; 80 percent live in West Africa and 80 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Chegaf is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is carried by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania Chegaf is primarily concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 88 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 13 percent live. Barring Mauritania this surname is found in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 10 percent live and The United States, where 10 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheggaf | 92 | 2 | / |
| Chagaf | 83 | 7 | / |
| Chigaf | 83 | 1 | / |
| Shegaf | 83 | 1 | / |
| Chegova | 77 | 6 | / |
| Chaghaf | 77 | 2 | / |
| Chegouf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Shengaf | 77 | 1 | / |
| Chegaib | 77 | 1 | / |
| Hegab | 73 | 23,523 | / |
| Zegaf | 73 | 212 | / |
| Segaf | 73 | 81 | / |
| Higaf | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hegaw | 73 | 1 | / |
| Hegav | 73 | 1 | / |
| Cheghaib | 71 | 4 | / |
| Shegaw | 67 | 12,235 | / |
| Chagav | 67 | 2,141 | / |
| Zeggaf | 67 | 1,101 | / |
| Segaaf | 67 | 45 | / |
| Shegav | 67 | 34 | / |
| Gegauf | 67 | 13 | / |
| Chegov | 67 | 6 | / |
| Heigab | 67 | 4 | / |
| Seagaf | 67 | 2 | / |
| Chigav | 67 | 2 | / |
| Seggaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Segaff | 67 | 1 | / |
| Segafe | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hegaab | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shigaf | 67 | 1 | / |
| Chagaw | 67 | 1 | / |
| Shegab | 67 | 1 | / |
Chegaf Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chegaf in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻜﺎﻑ | shkaf | 66.67 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻜﺎﻑ | alshkaf | 33.33 |
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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 Chegaf
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