Cheikhi Surname
Approximately 4,758 people bear this surname
Cheikhi Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 4,124 | 1:8,360 | 1,110 |
| Algeria | 560 | 1:68,985 | 11,265 |
| Spain | 21 | 1:2,226,287 | 55,801 |
| Mauritania | 20 | 1:204,743 | 10,209 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| France | 6 | 1:11,070,454 | 349,096 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Canada | 2 | 1:18,422,796 | 409,488 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
Cheikhi (325) may also be a first name.
Cheikhi Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheikhi Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cheikhi (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﺨﻲ) is found most frequently in Morocco. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheikhi? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 99,479th most frequently occurring surname throughout the world, held by around 1 in 1,531,641 people. The surname Cheikhi is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Cheikhi live; 98 percent live in North Africa and 98 percent live in Mahgreb. Cheikhi is also the 486,495th most frequently occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 325 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is borne by 4,124 people, or 1 in 8,360. Beside Morocco this surname is found in 12 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 12 percent are found and Spain, where 0 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheikhi Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheikhi in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﺨﻲ | shykhy | 94.12 |
| ﺷﻴﺦ | shykh | 5.88 |
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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 Cheikhi
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