Cheikhany Surname
Approximately 22 people bear this surname
Cheikhany Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 19 | 1:215,519 | 10,553 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cheikhany (296) may also be a first name.
Cheikhany Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheikhany Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheikhany (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺨﺎﻧﻲ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It may also occur as:. Click here for other possible spellings of Cheikhany.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheikhany? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Cheikhany occurs mostly in Africa, where 86 percent of Cheikhany live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 86 percent live in Senegambia Africa. Cheikhany is also the 512,632nd most commonly occurring first name throughout the world, held by 296 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 19 people, or 1 in 215,519. In Mauritania Cheikhany is primarily concentrated in: Trarza Region, where 74 percent live, Assaba Region, where 5 percent live and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 5 percent live. Aside from Mauritania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in France, where 5 percent live and Mexico, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheikhany Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheikhany in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺨﺎﻧﻲ | alshykhany | 45.1 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﺎﻧﻲ | shykhany | 32.35 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﺎﻥ | shykhan | 9.8 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﺎﻧﻰ | shykhany | 6.86 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺨﺎﻧﻰ | alshykhany | 2.94 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺨﺎﻥ | alshykhan | 0.98 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﺨﺎﻧﻲ | alshkhany | 0.98 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﺎﻩ | shykhah | 0.98 |
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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 Cheikhany
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