Alike Surname
Approximately 1,969 people bear this surname
Alike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nigeria | 1,648 | 1:107,490 | 7,190 |
| Ivory Coast | 125 | 1:184,570 | 8,133 |
| India | 119 | 1:6,445,928 | 147,141 |
| DR Congo | 27 | 1:2,736,280 | 122,818 |
| Uganda | 13 | 1:3,003,021 | 81,551 |
| Niger | 11 | 1:1,744,729 | 34,351 |
| Kenya | 6 | 1:7,696,650 | 52,907 |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 1:1,358,953 | 118,663 |
| France | 3 | 1:22,140,907 | 385,998 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Cameroon | 2 | 1:10,384,534 | 165,830 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 2 | 1:2,986,327 | 84,533 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
Alike (761) may also be a first name.
Alike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Alike Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Alike (Hindi: एलिक, Marathi: अिलके, Russian: Алике) occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Alike? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 209,791st most frequent family name throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 3,701,141 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Africa, where 88 percent of Alike reside; 86 percent reside in West Africa and 85 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Alike is also the 297,690th most frequent first name in the world. It is borne by 761 people.
Alike is most prevalent in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,648 people, or 1 in 107,490. In Nigeria it is most prevalent in: Ebonyi, where 59 percent are found, Cross River, where 9 percent are found and Enugu, where 8 percent are found. Besides Nigeria this last name is found in 15 countries. It is also common in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent are found and India, where 6 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Alike Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Alike in the Hindi language | ||
| एलिक | elika | - |
| Alike in the Marathi language | ||
| अिलके | ailake | - |
| Alike in the Russian language | ||
| Алике | alike | - |
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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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- 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 Alike
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