Goreke Surname
Approximately 60 people bear this surname
Goreke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zimbabwe | 50 | 1:308,765 | 30,783 |
| Papua New Guinea | 8 | 1:1,019,215 | 101,897 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
The alternate forms: Göreke (163) are calculated separately.
Goreke (21) may also be a first name.
Goreke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Goreke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Goreke is found most in Zimbabwe. It may also occur as a variant: Göreke. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Goreke? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 2,483,783rd most frequently used family name internationally, held by around 1 in 121,459,099 people. The last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 85 percent of Goreke live; 83 percent live in Southern Africa and 83 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Goreke is also the 2,368,944th most frequently used first name globally It is held by 21 people.
The last name Goreke is most frequent in Zimbabwe, where it is borne by 50 people, or 1 in 308,765. In Zimbabwe it is most common in: Mashonaland East Province, where 48 percent reside, Manicaland Province, where 34 percent reside and Harare Province, where 16 percent reside. Excluding Zimbabwe Goreke occurs in 3 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 13 percent reside and Iceland, where 2 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 Goreke
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