Chemakh Surname
Approximately 855 people bear this surname
Chemakh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 826 | 1:46,769 | 8,171 |
| Morocco | 9 | 1:3,830,678 | 54,497 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| France | 4 | 1:16,605,680 | 368,153 |
| Northern Ireland | 3 | 1:615,012 | 18,081 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Chemakh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chemakh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Chemakh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻤﺦ) is found most frequently in Algeria. It may also appear as:. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemakh? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 408,845th most commonly used last name on earth, borne by approximately 1 in 8,523,446 people. The last name Chemakh is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chemakh live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb.
The surname is most widely held in Algeria, where it is carried by 826 people, or 1 in 46,769. In Algeria it is mostly found in: Sétif Province, where 37 percent live, Batna Province, where 29 percent live and Guelma Province, where 27 percent live. Not including Algeria this last name exists in 8 countries. It is also found in Morocco, where 1 percent live and Tunisia, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chemakh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chemakh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺷﻤﺦ | shmkh | 60 |
| ﺷﺎﻣﺦ | shamkh | 40 |
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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 Chemakh
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