Chelh Surname
Approximately 1,401 people bear this surname
Chelh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 1,159 | 1:29,746 | 4,740 |
| Spain | 127 | 1:368,126 | 20,695 |
| France | 50 | 1:1,328,454 | 133,611 |
| Mauritania | 46 | 1:89,019 | 5,672 |
| Algeria | 8 | 1:4,828,944 | 49,535 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Libya | 1 | 1:6,243,974 | 6,186 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Chelh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chelh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chelh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻠﺢ) is more commonly found in Morocco than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chelh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 276,726th most commonly used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 5,201,674 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 87 percent of Chelh reside; 83 percent reside in North Africa and 83 percent reside in Mahgreb.
The last name Chelh is most frequently occurring in Morocco, where it is held by 1,159 people, or 1 in 29,746. Apart from Morocco this surname is found in 10 countries. It also occurs in Spain, where 9 percent live and France, where 4 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chelh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chelh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻠﺢ | alshlh | 92.86 |
| ﺷﻠﺢ | shlh | 7.14 |
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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 Chelh
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