Cheini Surname

4,649,889th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 18 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Cheini Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Cheini Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania141:292,49012,957
Algeria11:38,631,551130,422
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Cheini (35) may also be a first name.

Cheini Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Cheini Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Cheini (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﻨﻰ) is found most in Mauritania. It may occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Cheini? popularity and diffusion

The surname Cheini is the 4,649,889th most widespread last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 404,863,662 people. The last name Cheini is primarily found in Africa, where 83 percent of Cheini reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Senegambia Africa. It is also the 1,744,716th most commonly used forename globally It is held by 35 people.

Cheini is most commonly occurring in Mauritania, where it is carried by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Hodh Chargui Region, where 86 percent reside and Brakna Region, where 14 percent reside. Excluding Mauritania this last name exists in 4 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 6 percent reside and Brazil, where 6 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Chehini921/
Cheeni8367/
Chieni8324/
Chyeni834/
Chiini834/
Chiaini7752/
Cahyini7712/
Chheeni774/
Chiinni773/
Chienni773/
Chijeni771/
Cjini732/
Cheijine714/
Chiene67302/
Kiheni67105/
Queini675/
Kihini673/
Ceainy671/
Kieini671/

Cheini Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Cheini in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺷﻴﻨﻰshyny20
ﺷﻴﻦshyn20
ﺍﻟﺸﻴﻦalshyn20
ﺍﻟﺸﻨﻲalshny20
ﺷﻴﻨﻲshyny20

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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 Cheini
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