Etchah Surname
Approximately 15 people bear this surname
Etchah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mauritania | 14 | 1:292,490 | 12,957 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
Etchah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Etchah Come From? nationality or country of origin
Etchah (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﺗﺸﺎﻩ) is more commonly found in Mauritania than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Etchah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Etchah is the 5,057,639th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 485,836,394 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 100 percent of Etchah live; 93 percent live in West Africa and 93 percent live in Senegambia Africa.
The last name Etchah is most numerous in Mauritania, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 292,490. In Mauritania it is most frequent in: Dakhlet Nouadhibou Region, where 93 percent are found and Tagant Region, where 7 percent are found. Outside of Mauritania this last name exists in one country. It is also found in Cameroon, where 7 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Etchah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Etchah in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﺗﺸﺎﻩ | atshah | 60 |
| ﺃﺗﺸﺎﻩ | atshah | 40 |
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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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- 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 Etchah
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