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) has its highest incidence in Mauritania. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheikhany? popularity and diffusion
The last name Cheikhany is the 4,206,983rd most frequently held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by around 1 in 331,252,087 people. The last name Cheikhany occurs predominantly in Africa, where 86 percent of Cheikhany are found; 86 percent are found in West Africa and 86 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Cheikhany is also the 512,632nd most commonly occurring forename worldwide. It is borne by 296 people.
This surname is most widespread in Mauritania, where it is borne by 19 people, or 1 in 215,519. In Mauritania it is mostly found in: Trarza Region, where 74 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 5 percent reside and Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 5 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also found in France, where 5 percent reside and Mexico, where 5 percent reside.
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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