Chiekh Surname
Approximately 555 people bear this surname
Chiekh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morocco | 273 | 1:126,286 | 22,036 |
| Algeria | 136 | 1:284,056 | 28,609 |
| Mauritania | 127 | 1:32,243 | 2,639 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
Chiekh (788) may also be a first name.
Chiekh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Chiekh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Chiekh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ) is held by more people in Morocco than any other country/territory. It may also be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Chiekh.
How Common Is The Last Name Chiekh? popularity and diffusion
The last name Chiekh is the 568,972nd most frequent surname worldwide, held by around 1 in 13,130,713 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 99 percent of Chiekh reside; 75 percent reside in North Africa and 75 percent reside in Mahgreb. Chiekh is also the 291,981st most numerous first name at a global level, held by 788 people.
The last name Chiekh is most commonly used in Morocco, where it is carried by 273 people, or 1 in 126,286. Without taking into account Morocco Chiekh occurs in 12 countries. It also occurs in Algeria, where 25 percent live and Mauritania, where 23 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Chiekh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Chiekh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ | alshykh | 98.88 |
| ﺷﻴﺦ | shykh | 1.12 |
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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 Chiekh
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