Birike Surname
Approximately 1,618 people bear this surname
Birike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uganda | 1,551 | 1:25,170 | 3,572 |
| Ethiopia | 25 | 1:3,901,850 | 10,182 |
| Papua New Guinea | 18 | 1:452,984 | 57,838 |
| Nigeria | 14 | 1:12,653,054 | 227,444 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Niger | 1 | 1:19,192,017 | 110,060 |
Birike (45) may also be a first name.
Birike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Birike Come From? nationality or country of origin
Birike is found in Uganda more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Birike? popularity and diffusion
It is the 245,904th most frequent surname on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 4,504,046 people. The last name Birike occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Birike reside; 97 percent reside in East Africa and 90 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly occurring forename on earth It is held by 45 people.
The surname is most numerous in Uganda, where it is carried by 1,551 people, or 1 in 25,170. In Uganda it is most common in: Butaleja District, where 28 percent reside, Budaka District, where 19 percent reside and Kibuku District, where 15 percent reside. Not including Uganda this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also found in Ethiopia, where 2 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent reside.
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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 Birike
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