Cheikhoune Surname
Approximately 14 people bear this surname
Cheikhoune Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 11 | 1:372,260 | 15,230 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Chad | 1 | 1:13,592,199 | 13,092 |
Cheikhoune Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheikhoune Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Cheikhoune (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﺨﻮﻥ) occurs in Mauritania more than any other country or territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheikhoune? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,213,395th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 520,538,994 people. The last name Cheikhoune occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheikhoune live; 86 percent live in West Africa and 79 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The surname Cheikhoune is most frequently held in Mauritania, where it is carried by 11 people, or 1 in 372,260. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 100 percent reside. Outside of Mauritania it occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 14 percent reside and Chad, where 7 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheikhoune Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheikhoune in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﺨﻮﻥ | shykhwn | 50 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﻮﻧﻪ | shykhwnh | 33.33 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﻨﺎ | shykhna | 16.67 |
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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 Cheikhoune
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