Cheiah Surname
Approximately 3 people bear this surname
Cheiah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Cheiah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheiah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cheiah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﺎﻩ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It can be found as:. For other possible spellings of Cheiah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheiah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cheiah is the 10,311,814th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 2,147,483,647 people. The surname Cheiah is predominantly found in Africa, where 67 percent of Cheiah are found; 67 percent are found in West Africa and 67 percent are found in Senegambia Africa.
Cheiah is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 2 people, or 1 in 2,047,432. In Mauritania Cheiah is most prevalent in: Assaba Region, where 50 percent reside and Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 50 percent reside. Besides Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also common in Canada, where 33 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheiah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheiah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﺎﻩ | shyah | - |
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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 Cheiah
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