Bikele Surname
Approximately 1,948 people bear this surname
Bikele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 1,570 | 1:13,229 | 1,804 |
| DR Congo | 349 | 1:211,689 | 20,903 |
| Belgium | 8 | 1:1,437,080 | 92,692 |
| England | 6 | 1:9,286,343 | 223,652 |
| Netherlands | 5 | 1:3,377,435 | 111,911 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Ethiopia | 1 | 1:97,546,262 | 29,669 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Tanzania | 1 | 1:52,941,613 | 123,716 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
The alternate forms: Bikélé (2) are calculated separately.
Bikele (281) may also be a first name.
Bikele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bikele Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Bikele occurs in Cameroon more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Bikélé. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Bikele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Bikele is the 211,639th most commonly held family name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 3,741,040 people. Bikele is predominantly found in Africa, where 99 percent of Bikele are found; 98 percent are found in Central Africa and 97 percent are found in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 528,876th most commonly used forename internationally, held by 281 people.
It is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is carried by 1,570 people, or 1 in 13,229. In Cameroon it is most numerous in: Centre Region, where 85 percent are found, Littoral Region, where 8 percent are found and South Region, where 1 percent are found. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname is found in 12 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 18 percent are found and Belgium, 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
- 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 Bikele
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