Chekir Surname
Approximately 2,010 people bear this surname
Chekir Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 1,470 | 1:26,280 | 4,787 |
| France | 337 | 1:197,100 | 30,644 |
| Tunisia | 77 | 1:7,930 | 1,316 |
| Russia | 50 | 1:2,882,461 | 158,532 |
| Moldova | 20 | 1:178,068 | 17,570 |
| Canada | 18 | 1:2,046,977 | 128,463 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1:3,167,020 | 121,664 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 1:2,737,638 | 105,941 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Israel | 1 | 1:8,557,634 | 182,558 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
The alternate forms: Chékir (8) are calculated separately.
Chekir (37) may also be a first name.
Chekir Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekir Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chekir (Russian: Чекир, Tibetan: ལྕི་སྐྱིར།) is carried by more people in Algeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Chékir. Click here for other potential spellings of Chekir.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekir? popularity and diffusion
Chekir is the 206,229th most frequent last name at a global level, held by approximately 1 in 3,625,645 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 77 percent of Chekir reside; 77 percent reside in North Africa and 77 percent reside in Mahgreb. Chekir is also the 1,688,769th most frequently used forename globally It is held by 37 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Algeria, where it is carried by 1,470 people, or 1 in 26,280. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Algiers Province, where 64 percent are found, Tizi Ouzou Province, where 25 percent are found and Bouïra Province, where 9 percent are found. Besides Algeria this last name exists in 21 countries. It is also common in France, where 17 percent are found and Tunisia, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chekir Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chekir in the Tibetan language | ||
| ལྕི་སྐྱིར། | chikyir | 50 |
| ཅི་ཀིར། | chikir | 50 |
| Chekir in the Russian language | ||
| Чекир | cekir | - |
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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 Chekir
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