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Also known as Chriqui

The family name Cheriqui or Cheriki is a Sephardi Jewish surname derived from the fortress municipality of Xèrica in Spain, between Zaragoza and Valencia. The Arabic name of the municipality is H̱īrīkā, and means "Oriental/Easterner".

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The family name Cheriqui or Cheriki is a Sephardi Jewish surname derived from the fortress municipality of Xèrica in Spain, between Zaragoza and Valencia. The Arabic name of the municipality is H̱īrīkā, and means "Oriental/Easterner".

Variants of the name include: Chriqui Cheriqui Chrigui Cherigui Chrequi Chreki Chreky Sreki Shriki Shriqui Sriki Serique Sriqui Asharqui Ashriqui Axarqui Esharqui Exarquino Eshriqui

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Shriki” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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