Echiekh Surname
Approximately 11 people bear this surname
Echiekh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Tunisia | 4 | 1:152,656 | 17,743 |
| Mauritania | 2 | 1:2,047,432 | 30,537 |
Echiekh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echiekh Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Echiekh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ) is found in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It can also appear in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Echiekh? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 5,812,366th most commonly used family name on a worldwide basis It is held by around 1 in 662,504,174 people. The surname Echiekh is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Echiekh are found; 82 percent are found in North Africa and 82 percent are found in Mahgreb.
The last name is most frequent in Algeria, where it is carried by 5 people, or 1 in 7,726,310. In Algeria it is primarily concentrated in: Relizane Province, where 80 percent reside and Mascara Province, where 20 percent reside. Not including Algeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Tunisia, where 36 percent reside and Mauritania, where 18 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Echiekh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Echiekh 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 Echiekh
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