Chehma Surname
Approximately 193 people bear this surname
Chehma Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 147 | 1:262,800 | 27,537 |
| Thailand | 41 | 1:1,722,886 | 219,200 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
Chehma Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chehma Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chehma (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻢ) is borne by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It can appear as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Chehma? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chehma is the 1,214,709th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 37,759,305 people. This surname is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Chehma reside; 77 percent reside in North Africa and 77 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The last name Chehma is most frequently held in Algeria, where it is held by 147 people, or 1 in 262,800. In Algeria Chehma is most common in: Ghardaïa Province, where 99 percent are found, Aïn Defla Province, where 1 percent are found and Boumerdès Province, where 1 percent are found. Besides Algeria this last name exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 21 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chehma Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chehma in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻬﻢ | alshhm | - |
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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 Chehma
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