Bireke Surname
Approximately 4,266 people bear this surname
Bireke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 3,703 | 1:26,342 | 3,258 |
| DR Congo | 513 | 1:144,015 | 15,172 |
| Uganda | 43 | 1:907,890 | 40,955 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
Bireke (96) may also be a first name.
Bireke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Bireke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Bireke is more frequently found in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also occur as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Bireke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 109,119th most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 1,708,285 people. The surname Bireke occurs mostly in Africa, where 100 percent of Bireke reside; 88 percent reside in East Africa and 87 percent reside in Ethiosemitic Africa. Bireke is also the 968,397th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 96 people.
This last name is most frequently held in Ethiopia, where it is held by 3,703 people, or 1 in 26,342. Without taking into account Ethiopia Bireke occurs in 6 countries. It is also common in The DR Congo, where 12 percent are found and Uganda, where 1 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 Bireke
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