Cheikhou Surname
Approximately 323 people bear this surname
Cheikhou Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 284 | 1:14,419 | 1,370 |
| Senegal | 18 | 1:809,963 | 2,817 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Niger | 8 | 1:2,399,002 | 43,750 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Cheikhou (15,355) may also be a first name.
Cheikhou Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheikhou Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheikhou (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﺨﻮ) occurs most in Mauritania. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of Cheikhou.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheikhou? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 847,909th most frequent surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 22,562,062 people. Cheikhou is primarily found in Africa, where 96 percent of Cheikhou reside; 96 percent reside in West Africa and 93 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. Cheikhou is also the 45,648th most widely held first name worldwide It is held by 15,355 people.
It is most commonly used in Mauritania, where it is held by 284 people, or 1 in 14,419. In Mauritania Cheikhou is mostly concentrated in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 69 percent live, Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 24 percent live and Nouakchott-Ouest Region, where 4 percent live. Besides Mauritania this surname occurs in 5 countries. It also occurs in Senegal, where 6 percent live and Germany, where 3 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheikhou Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheikhou in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﺨﻮ | shykhw | 95.39 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺨﻮ | alshykhw | 1.77 |
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ | alshykh | 1.06 |
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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 Cheikhou
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