El Cheikh Surname

708,658th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 414 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Saudi Arabia
Highest density in:
Saudi Arabia

El Cheikh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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El Cheikh 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
Saudi Arabia2391:129,10417,726
Australia391:692,19746,687
France201:3,321,136213,627
Algeria161:2,414,47244,357
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Brazil111:19,461,303329,560
Mauritania111:372,26015,230
Canada81:4,605,699220,704
Sweden61:1,641,126116,183
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Ivory Coast51:4,614,24651,139
United Arab Emirates41:2,290,56860,372
Malaysia41:7,373,556230,001
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
England31:18,572,686338,250
Italy31:20,385,563143,117
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
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El Cheikh (19) may also be a first name.

El Cheikh Last Name Facts

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

El Cheikh (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ) is more commonly found in Saudi Arabia than any other country or territory. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name El Cheikh? popularity and diffusion

This last name is the 708,658th most widely held family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 17,602,768 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 63 percent of El Cheikh are found; 62 percent are found in West Asia and 62 percent are found in Arabian Peninsula. El Cheikh is also the 2,523,061st most frequent first name internationally It is held by 19 people.

It is most widely held in Saudi Arabia, where it is held by 239 people, or 1 in 129,104. Outside of Saudi Arabia this surname exists in 25 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 9 percent live and France, where 5 percent live.

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 Chikh949/
El Cheik946/
El-Cheikh89193/
El Cheixh896/
El Chiekh896/
El Chikhe893/
El Chuikh891/
El Cheich891/
El Cheick891/
El Cheikk891/
El Chik881/
El Hikh881/
El Heich8215/
El Cheij8210/
El Check8210/
El-Cheik823/
El Cheyk821/
El Chaik821/
El Hek802/
El-Chiekh784/
El-Chaikh781/
El Haik75709/
El Chej751/
El Hidk751/
El Hoyek712,377/
El Haiek71494/
El Hayek71321/
El-Heich7113/
El Hache7111/
El Chaak711/
El Hak67179/
El Hec675/
El Houche675/
El Hauche674/
El Zik672/
El Zek671/
El-Hek671/
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El Cheikh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
El Cheikh in the Hassaniya-Arabic language
ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦalshykh-

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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 Cheikh
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