Cheikh Ahmed Surname
Approximately 109 people bear this surname
Cheikh Ahmed Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 108 | 1:357,700 | 32,024 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
Cheikh Ahmed Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheikh Ahmed Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheikh Ahmed occurs in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheikh Ahmed? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,755,741st most frequent surname globally, borne by around 1 in 66,858,219 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Cheikh Ahmed live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb.
This last name is most widespread in Algeria, where it is borne by 108 people, or 1 in 357,700. In Algeria Cheikh Ahmed is most numerous in: El Oued Province, where 94 percent live, Ouargla Province, where 4 percent live and Algiers Province, where 1 percent live. Without taking into account Algeria it exists in one country. It is also found in Canada, where 1 percent live.
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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
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