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
The surname Echeikh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ) occurs most in Algeria. It can be found in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Echeikh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,235,409th most numerous surname worldwide It is held by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 99 percent of Echeikh reside; 87 percent reside in North Africa and 87 percent reside in Mahgreb. It is also the 1,191,548th most commonly held forename at a global level. It is borne by 67 people.
Echeikh is most commonly occurring in Algeria, where it is held by 155 people, or 1 in 249,236. In Algeria it is primarily found in: Chlef Province, where 70 percent live, Tamanghasset Province, where 25 percent live and Mascara Province, where 3 percent live. Aside from Algeria this last name is found in 3 countries. It also occurs in Mauritania, where 12 percent live and Tunisia, where 5 percent live.
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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