Cheikhani Surname
Approximately 311 people bear this surname
Cheikhani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Mauritania | 34 | 1:120,437 | 7,101 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cheikhani (433) may also be a first name.
Cheikhani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheikhani Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cheikhani (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﺨﺎﻧﻲ) is found most frequently in Morocco. It can also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheikhani? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cheikhani is the 870,423rd most frequently held surname worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 23,432,624 people. The surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Cheikhani are found; 88 percent are found in North Africa and 88 percent are found in Mahgreb. It is also the 412,254th most commonly used first name on earth It is held by 433 people.
The last name Cheikhani is most frequently held in Morocco, where it is borne by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Not including Morocco it exists in 5 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 11 percent live and Canada, where 0 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheikhani Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheikhani in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﺨﺎﻧﻲ | shykhany | 41.25 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺨﺎﻧﻲ | alshykhany | 24.38 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﺎﻥ | shykhan | 16.88 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺨﺎﻧﻰ | alshykhany | 6.25 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﺎﻧﻰ | shykhany | 5 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺨﺎﻥ | alshykhan | 4.38 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺨﺎﻥ | alshkhan | 0.63 |
| ﺷﻴﺤﺎﻧﻲ | shyhany | 0.63 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﻨﺎ | shykhna | 0.63 |
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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 Cheikhani
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