Bereke Surname
Approximately 3,897 people bear this surname
Bereke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,381 | 1:28,851 | 3,488 |
| Turkey | 136 | 1:572,216 | 31,222 |
| Kazakhstan | 120 | 1:147,354 | 14,841 |
| Cameroon | 88 | 1:236,012 | 23,423 |
| Kenya | 61 | 1:757,048 | 31,106 |
| Zimbabwe | 35 | 1:441,093 | 38,294 |
| DR Congo | 34 | 1:2,172,929 | 106,971 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Mauritania | 4 | 1:1,023,716 | 25,172 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1:88,571,379 | 625,098 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 3 | 1:16,739,561 | 595,711 |
Bereke (2,829) may also be a first name.
Bereke Demographics
Bereke Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Religious Adherence
in Kazakhstan
Bereke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bereke Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bereke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺑﺮﻙ, Russian: Береке) has its highest incidence in Ethiopia. It can be rendered in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bereke? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 118,025th most frequently used last name in the world. It is borne by around 1 in 1,870,040 people. The last name Bereke occurs predominantly in Africa, where 93 percent of Bereke live; 88 percent live in East Africa and 87 percent live in Ethiosemitic Africa. It is also the 137,003rd most commonly occurring given name on earth. It is borne by 2,829 people.
The last name Bereke is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is carried by 3,381 people, or 1 in 28,851. Besides Ethiopia Bereke is found in 20 countries. It also occurs in Turkey, where 3 percent are found and Kazakhstan, where 3 percent are found.
Bereke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Bereke has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Bereke last name decreased 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Bereke Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those holding the surname is primarily Muslim (100%) in Kazakhstan.
Phonetically Similar Names
Bereke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Bereke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺑﺮﻙ | brk | 33.33 |
| ﺍﻟﺒﺮﻛﻪ | albrkh | 33.33 |
| ﺑﺮﻛﻪ | brkh | 33.33 |
| Bereke in the Russian language | ||
| Береке | bereke | - |
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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 Bereke
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