Echikh Surname
Approximately 110 people bear this surname
Echikh Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Algeria | 85 | 1:454,489 | 35,990 |
| Tunisia | 14 | 1:43,616 | 6,025 |
| Morocco | 4 | 1:8,619,025 | 73,251 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Mauritania | 1 | 1:4,094,863 | 38,869 |
The alternate forms: Échikh (1) are calculated separately.
Echikh Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Echikh Come From? nationality or country of origin
Echikh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ) occurs more in Algeria more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Échikh. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Echikh? popularity and diffusion
The surname Echikh is the 1,746,159th most frequently occurring surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 66,250,417 people. The last name Echikh occurs mostly in Africa, where 95 percent of Echikh live; 94 percent live in North Africa and 94 percent live in Mahgreb.
It is most frequently used in Algeria, where it is carried by 85 people, or 1 in 454,489. In Algeria Echikh is most common in: Aïn Defla Province, where 89 percent are found, Blida Province, where 5 percent are found and Mascara Province, where 5 percent are found. Outside of Algeria this surname occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Tunisia, where 13 percent are found and Morocco, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Echikh Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Echikh 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 Echikh
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