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) is found most in Nigeria. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Alike.
How Common Is The Last Name Alike? popularity and diffusion
The surname Alike is the 209,791st most common surname internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 3,701,141 people. The last name Alike is mostly found 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 common forename internationally, borne by 761 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Nigeria, where it is carried by 1,648 people, or 1 in 107,490. In Nigeria it is primarily found in: Ebonyi, where 59 percent reside, Cross River, where 9 percent reside and Enugu, where 8 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Alike occurs in 15 countries. It also occurs in The Ivory Coast, where 6 percent reside and India, where 6 percent reside.
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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