Cheikha Surname
Approximately 660 people bear this surname
Cheikha Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 595 | 1:64,927 | 10,668 |
| Sweden | 22 | 1:447,580 | 32,003 |
| Canada | 14 | 1:2,631,828 | 153,264 |
| Qatar | 9 | 1:262,000 | 30,726 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Australia | 2 | 1:13,497,850 | 222,987 |
| Israel | 2 | 1:4,278,817 | 136,311 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
Cheikha (1,359) may also be a first name.
Cheikha Demographics
Average Cheikha Salary in
United States
$72,188 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Cheikha Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheikha Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheikha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺨﻪ) is more frequently found in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheikha? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 499,041st most frequently used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 11,041,736 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Cheikha are found; 90 percent are found in North Africa and 90 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 212,690th most widely held given name on earth. It is borne by 1,359 people.
This surname is most frequent in Algeria, where it is held by 595 people, or 1 in 64,927. In Algeria Cheikha is mostly found in: Ouargla Province, where 57 percent live, El Oued Province, where 43 percent live and Biskra Province, where 0 percent live. Outside of Algeria Cheikha exists in 13 countries. It also occurs in Sweden, where 3 percent live and Canada, where 2 percent live.
Cheikha Last Name Statistics demography
Cheikha earn more than fifty percent more than the average income. In United States they earn 67.3% more than the national average, earning $72,188 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheikha Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheikha in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺨﻪ | alshykhh | 47.73 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﻪ | shykhh | 21.59 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺨﺔ | alshykht | 15.91 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﺔ | shykht | 5.11 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﺎ | shykha | 3.41 |
| ﺷﻴﺦ | shykh | 2.27 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ | alshykh | 2.27 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﻨﺎ | shykhna | 1.14 |
| ﺍﺷﻮﻳﺨﻪ | ashwykhh | 0.57 |
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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 Cheikha
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