Cheiguer Surname
Approximately 759 people bear this surname
Cheiguer Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 623 | 1:6,573 | 748 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
The alternate forms: Cheïguer (1) are calculated separately.
Cheiguer Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheiguer Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cheiguer (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻜﺮ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Cheïguer. Click here for further possible spellings of Cheiguer.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheiguer? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 448,561st most widespread family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 9,601,510 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheiguer reside; 82 percent reside in West Africa and 82 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
This last name is most prevalent in Mauritania, where it is carried by 623 people, or 1 in 6,573. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 46 percent reside, Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 23 percent reside and Trarza Region, where 10 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this surname is found in one country. It is also common in Morocco, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheiguer Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheiguer in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻜﺮ | alshykr | 95.24 |
| ﺍﺷﻴﻜﺮ | ashykr | 1.79 |
| ﺃﺷﻴﻜﺮ | ashykr | 1.19 |
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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 Cheiguer
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