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 last name Chemakh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻤﺦ) is found most frequently in Algeria. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Chemakh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 408,845th most commonly held family name worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 8,523,446 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Chemakh live; 99 percent live in North Africa and 99 percent live in Mahgreb.
The surname Chemakh is most commonly held in Algeria, where it is borne by 826 people, or 1 in 46,769. In Algeria it is most frequent in: Sétif Province, where 37 percent are found, Batna Province, where 29 percent are found and Guelma Province, where 27 percent are found. Apart from Algeria this surname is found in 8 countries. It also occurs in Morocco, where 1 percent are found and Tunisia, where 1 percent are found.
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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