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 more commonly found in Algeria than any other country/territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Echeikh? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 1,235,409th most common last name world-wide, held by around 1 in 38,763,542 people. The last name occurs predominantly 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 widely held first name throughout the world, borne by 67 people.
The surname Echeikh is most commonly used in Algeria, where it is borne by 155 people, or 1 in 249,236. In Algeria it is mostly concentrated in: Chlef Province, where 70 percent are found, Tamanghasset Province, where 25 percent are found and Mascara Province, where 3 percent are found. Aside from Algeria this last name exists in 3 countries. It is also common in Mauritania, where 12 percent are found and Tunisia, where 5 percent are found.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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