Birika Surname

659,458th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 456 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Tanzania
Highest density in:
Tanzania

Birika Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Birika Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Tanzania2171:243,97119,796
Kenya1291:357,98420,934
DR Congo341:2,172,929106,971
Benin151:689,04039,432
Papua New Guinea151:543,58166,712
Peru141:2,270,29426,427
India111:69,733,217610,955
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Uganda41:9,759,820144,676
Nigeria31:59,047,586507,603
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Cameroon11:20,769,068227,406
Ethiopia11:97,546,26229,669
Niger11:19,192,017110,060
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

Birika (51) may also be a first name.

Birika Last Name Facts

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

The surname Birika (Oriya: ବିରିକା) is found most in Tanzania. It may be found as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Birika? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 659,458th most commonly held last name worldwide, held by around 1 in 15,981,460 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 89 percent of Birika reside; 77 percent reside in East Africa and 61 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,396,783rd most numerous first name internationally, borne by 51 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Tanzania, where it is held by 217 people, or 1 in 243,971. In Tanzania Birika is most frequent in: Rukwa Region, where 46 percent live, Morogoro Region, where 43 percent live and Pwani Region, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Tanzania it occurs in 14 countries. It is also found in Kenya, where 28 percent live and The DR Congo, where 7 percent live.

Birika Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Birika has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Birika surname grew 900 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Birika Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Bairika9214/
Birikaa929/
Birrika921/
Biorika921/
Birikau921/
Baireika861/
Boiricka861/
Birike831,618/
Biriki83550/
Birica83181/
Berika83137/
Biriko83131/
Biruka8354/
Bireka8341/
Byrika8327/
Beirikatt8010/
Boirikatt801/
Birikos7732/
Bereika7726/
Beiruka7719/
Birikie7717/
Birukai7717/
Bairuka7714/
Berikai779/
Bhiriki779/
Berikaa779/
Birecka778/
Birická778/
Birycka777/
Beraika776/
Beriska775/
Bairiki774/
Birikot774/
Beerika773/
Beirike772/
Birický772/
Birzike771/
Berrika771/
Birejka771/
Vairika771/
Berikka771/
Bieryka771/
Birrike771/
Birikey771/
Biryoka771/
Biricky771/
Birekau771/
Birikou771/
Biriqay771/
Biorike771/
Berzika771/
Beurika771/
Berioka771/
Berikha771/
Bhiruka771/
Boiricay717/
Bijrajka715/
Birigkou712/
Hbirikou711/
Beireiki711/
Buiruica711/
Bierycka711/
Bereka676,520/
Bireke674,266/
Beriki67364/
Birică67151/
Bairikopp67146/
Berica67123/
Beruka6794/
Berike6745/
Beriko6732/
Bireko6716/
Bärike6713/
Byriki678/
Virica676/
Bireki674/
Birico673/
Bairikkhi671/
Beryka671/
Biricò671/
Beriky671/

Birika Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Birika in the Oriya language
ବିରିକାbirika-

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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 Birika
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