Chighaly Surname

783,439th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 361 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Mauritania
Highest density in:
Mauritania

Chighaly Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Chighaly Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Mauritania3551:11,5351,155
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Chighaly (1,172) may also be a first name.

Chighaly Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Chighaly Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Chighaly (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺷﻐﺎﻟﻲ) is held by more people in Mauritania than any other country or territory. It may also be found as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Chighaly? popularity and diffusion

It is the 783,439th most frequent last name on earth, held by around 1 in 20,187,108 people. The last name Chighaly occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Chighaly are found; 98 percent are found in West Africa and 98 percent are found in Senegambia Africa. Chighaly is also the 231,982nd most commonly held first name globally It is held by 1,172 people.

This surname is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 355 people, or 1 in 11,535. In Mauritania it is primarily found in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 34 percent live, Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 15 percent live and Hodh El Gharbi Region, where 13 percent live. Barring Mauritania this last name occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in The United Arab Emirates, where 1 percent live and Spain, where 0 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Chighaly Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Chighaly in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺷﻐﺎﻟﻲshghaly68.7
ﺷﻴﻐﺎﻟﻲshyghaly8.8
ﺷﻐﺎﻟﻰshghaly7.82
ﺷﻘﺎﻟﻲshqaly6.36
ﺷﻐﺎﻝshghal2.93
ﺷﻴﻐﺎﻟﻰshyghaly1.71
ﺷﻴﻘﺎﻟﻲshyqaly1.47
ﺍﻟﺸﻐﺎﻟﻲalshghaly0.49
ﺷﻐﺎﻟﻴﻰshghalyy0.24
ﺷﻘﺎﻟﻰshqaly0.24

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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
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  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Chighaly
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