Aleke Surname
Approximately 13,671 people bear this surname
Aleke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 11,402 | 1:15,536 | 1,519 |
| Togo | 1,260 | 1:5,752 | 1,143 |
| DR Congo | 185 | 1:399,349 | 33,942 |
| Papua New Guinea | 156 | 1:52,267 | 6,566 |
| Kenya | 150 | 1:307,866 | 19,317 |
| Uganda | 124 | 1:314,833 | 21,485 |
| Malawi | 105 | 1:163,039 | 16,499 |
| Benin | 94 | 1:109,953 | 12,317 |
| Ivory Coast | 67 | 1:344,347 | 12,387 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Kazakhstan | 15 | 1:1,178,833 | 65,606 |
| Indonesia | 14 | 1:9,446,371 | 356,066 |
| England | 13 | 1:4,286,005 | 132,302 |
| Iran | 12 | 1:6,398,544 | 138,820 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| Solomon Islands | 9 | 1:64,448 | 12,261 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Iceland | 2 | 1:190,045 | 6,825 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Algeria | 1 | 1:38,631,551 | 130,422 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
The alternate forms: Aléké (1) are calculated separately.
Aleke (1,545) may also be a first name.
Aleke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Aleke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Aleke (Marathi: आलेके, Russian: Алеке) is held by more people in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Aléké. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Aleke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 38,470th most frequently occurring last name world-wide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 533,066 people. The surname is mostly found in Africa, where 98 percent of Aleke reside; 94 percent reside in West Africa and 94 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. It is also the 197,240th most frequently occurring first name internationally, held by 1,545 people.
The last name is most numerous in Nigeria, where it is carried by 11,402 people, or 1 in 15,536. In Nigeria Aleke is most frequent in: Ebonyi, where 57 percent live, Enugu, where 8 percent live and Benue, where 7 percent live. Other than Nigeria it occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in Togo, where 9 percent live and The DR Congo, where 1 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Aleke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Aleke in the Marathi language | ||
| आलेके | aleke | - |
| Aleke in the Russian language | ||
| Алеке | aleke | - |
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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 Aleke
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