Cheive Surname
Approximately 12 people bear this surname
Cheive Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 8 | 1:511,858 | 18,608 |
| Nigeria | 4 | 1:44,285,690 | 437,567 |
Cheive Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Cheive Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Cheive (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻴﻒ) occurs more in Mauritania more than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of Cheive click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Cheive? popularity and diffusion
The surname Cheive is the 5,587,209th most frequently used last name internationally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 607,295,493 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Cheive live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 67 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Cheive is most widely held in Mauritania, where it is borne by 8 people, or 1 in 511,858. In Mauritania Cheive is most numerous in: Trarza Region, where 75 percent are found, Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 13 percent are found and Tiris Zemmour Region, where 13 percent are found. Besides Mauritania Cheive is found in one country. It is also found in Nigeria, where 33 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Cheive Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Cheive in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻴﻒ | shyf | 80 |
| ﺍﺷﺮﻳﻔﻪ | ashryfh | 20 |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Cheive
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