Cheikhy Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Cheikhy Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
Cheikhy (35) may also be a first name.
Cheikhy Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheikhy Come From? nationality or country of origin
Cheikhy (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﺨﻲ) occurs more in Morocco more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheikhy? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly held family name world-wide, borne by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheikhy reside; 82 percent reside in North Africa and 82 percent reside in Mahgreb. Cheikhy is also the 1,744,716th most numerous first name worldwide. It is borne by 35 people.
This last name is most common in Morocco, where it is held by 9 people, or 1 in 3,830,678. Excluding Morocco Cheikhy exists in one country. It is also found in Mauritania, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheikhy Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheikhy in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﺨﻲ | shykhy | 93.75 |
| ﺷﻴﺨﻰ | shykhy | 6.25 |
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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 Cheikhy
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