Barkire Surname

282,110th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,367 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Niger
Highest density in:
Niger

Barkire Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Barkire Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Niger1,3591:14,122970
Mali41:4,242,2592,433
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Ivory Coast11:23,071,23276,679
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

The alternate forms: Barkiré (4) are calculated separately.

Barkire (99) may also be a first name.

Barkire Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Barkire Come From? nationality or country of origin

Barkire is found most frequently in Niger. It may occur in the variant forms: Barkiré. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Barkire? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 282,110th most common surname in the world, held by around 1 in 5,331,050 people. The last name is mostly found in Africa, where 100 percent of Barkire live; 100 percent live in West Africa and 99 percent live in Chadic Africa. Barkire is also the 951,070th most widely held first name globally It is held by 99 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Niger, where it is borne by 1,359 people, or 1 in 14,122. In Niger Barkire is most frequent in: Tillabéri Region, where 57 percent are found, Niamey Capital District, where 28 percent are found and Dosso Region, where 12 percent are found. Barring Niger this surname occurs in 5 countries. It is also found in Mali, where 0 percent are found and Egypt, where 0 percent are found.

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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 Barkire
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