Chekkar Surname
Approximately 843 people bear this surname
Chekkar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 716 | 1:48,151 | 7,863 |
| Algeria | 63 | 1:613,199 | 39,411 |
| India | 50 | 1:15,341,308 | 250,737 |
| Spain | 6 | 1:7,792,006 | 100,283 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chekkar (27) may also be a first name.
Chekkar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chekkar Come From? nationality or country of origin
Chekkar (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻜﺎﺭ) is found most in Morocco. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of Chekkar.
How Common Is The Last Name Chekkar? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 413,383rd most common last name world-wide, borne by approximately 1 in 8,644,776 people. It occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Chekkar live; 92 percent live in North Africa and 92 percent live in Mahgreb. It is also the 2,036,353rd most prevalent forename internationally, borne by 27 people.
The surname Chekkar is most prevalent in Morocco, where it is held by 716 people, or 1 in 48,151. Beside Morocco this surname is found in 7 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 7 percent reside and India, where 6 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chekkar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chekkar in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻜﺎﺭ | shkar | - |
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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 Chekkar
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