El-Chiekh Surname

8,968,613th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 4 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Canada
Highest density in:
Canada

El-Chiekh Surname

For the meaning of this name, see: El.

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

El-Chiekh Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Australia11:26,995,701270,794

El-Chiekh Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name El-Chiekh Come From? nationality or country of origin

El-Chiekh is borne by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name El-Chiekh? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 8,968,613th most widespread last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 1,821,886,479 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of El-Chiekh live; 75 percent live in North America and 75 percent live in Gallo-North America.

This last name is most commonly occurring in Canada, where it is borne by 3 people, or 1 in 12,281,864. In Canada El-Chiekh is most frequent in: Quebec, where 100 percent are found. Beside Canada this last name is found in one country. It is also common in Australia, where 25 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
El-Shiekh89959/
El-Cheikh89193/
El Chiekh896/
El-Chaikh891/
El-Shiek829/
El Chikh829/
El-Cheik823/
El-Hek801/
El Shiekh784,543/
El Cheikh78414/
El Chikhe783/
El Chuikh781/
El-Haik7532/
El Hikh751/
El Chik751/
El Haiek71494/
El-Hayek71130/
El Check7110/
El Cheik716/
El Shiek713/
El-Hjiej711/
El Cheyk711/
El Chaik711/
El Cheixh676/
El Hek672/
El Cheich671/
El-Houche671/
El Cheikk671/
El Cheick671/
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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 El-Chiekh
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