Echeik Surname
Approximately 20 people bear this surname
Echeik Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 18 | 1:227,492 | 10,961 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
Echeik Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echeik Come From? nationality or country of origin
Echeik (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ) is found most in Mauritania. It can also occur as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Echeik? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 4,427,875th most frequent last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 364,377,296 people. The last name Echeik is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Echeik reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 90 percent reside in Senegambia Africa.
The last name is most frequent in Mauritania, where it is held by 18 people, or 1 in 227,492. In Mauritania Echeik is most prevalent in: Nouakchott-Nord Region, where 89 percent reside, Assaba Region, where 6 percent reside and Nouakchott-Sud Region, where 6 percent reside. Apart from Mauritania Echeik occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Algeria, where 5 percent reside and Burkina Faso, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Echeik Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Echeik in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ | alshykh | 83.33 |
| ﺍﺷﻴﻚ | ashyk | 16.67 |
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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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- 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 Echeik
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