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 last name Cheikha (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺨﻪ) is most common in Algeria. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheikha? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cheikha is the 499,041st most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 11,041,736 people. Cheikha is primarily found in Africa, where 91 percent of Cheikha live; 90 percent live in North Africa and 90 percent live in Mahgreb. Cheikha is also the 212,690th most commonly held first name world-wide, borne by 1,359 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is borne by 595 people, or 1 in 64,927. In Algeria Cheikha is most prevalent in: Ouargla Province, where 57 percent reside, El Oued Province, where 43 percent reside and Biskra Province, where 0 percent reside. Other than Algeria this last name occurs in 13 countries. It is also common in Sweden, where 3 percent reside and Canada, where 2 percent reside.
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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