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
The surname Birike is borne by more people in Uganda than any other country or territory. It may also occur as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of Birike.
How Common Is The Last Name Birike? popularity and diffusion
The surname Birike is the 245,904th most commonly occurring last name worldwide, borne by around 1 in 4,504,046 people. The surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 99 percent of Birike live; 97 percent live in East Africa and 90 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Birike is also the 1,504,468th most frequently held given name at a global level, held by 45 people.
The last name Birike is most widely held in Uganda, where it is borne by 1,551 people, or 1 in 25,170. In Uganda it is most numerous in: Butaleja District, where 28 percent live, Budaka District, where 19 percent live and Kibuku District, where 15 percent live. Not including Uganda Birike is found in 7 countries. It also occurs in Ethiopia, where 2 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 1 percent live.
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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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