Echeikh Surname
Approximately 188 people bear this surname
Echeikh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 155 | 1:249,236 | 26,899 |
| Mauritania | 23 | 1:178,038 | 9,291 |
| Tunisia | 9 | 1:67,847 | 8,246 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Echeikh (67) may also be a first name.
Echeikh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echeikh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Echeikh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ) is found most in Algeria. It can also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Echeikh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 1,235,409th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis. It is borne by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. It is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Echeikh live; 87 percent live in North Africa and 87 percent live in Mahgreb. Echeikh is also the 1,191,548th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 67 people.
This last name is most widely held in Algeria, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 249,236. In Algeria Echeikh is most common in: Chlef Province, where 70 percent reside, Tamanghasset Province, where 25 percent reside and Mascara Province, where 3 percent reside. Not including Algeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 12 percent reside and Tunisia, where 5 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Echeikh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Echeikh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ | alshykh | - |
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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 Echeikh
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