Heke Surname
Approximately 2,219 people bear this surname
Heke Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 698 | 1:75,848 | 7,876 |
| New Zealand | 476 | 1:9,513 | 1,656 |
| Papua New Guinea | 222 | 1:36,728 | 4,398 |
| Australia | 192 | 1:140,603 | 15,124 |
| Iran | 178 | 1:431,362 | 27,001 |
| Indonesia | 111 | 1:1,191,434 | 84,297 |
| Nigeria | 55 | 1:3,220,777 | 97,902 |
| Canada | 52 | 1:708,569 | 56,910 |
| Turkey | 36 | 1:2,161,706 | 72,332 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| South Africa | 29 | 1:1,868,197 | 87,346 |
| Germany | 29 | 1:2,776,050 | 134,833 |
| Wales | 21 | 1:147,359 | 10,403 |
| Taiwan | 21 | 1:1,116,416 | 7,706 |
| Lesotho | 13 | 1:156,351 | 13,063 |
| India | 11 | 1:69,733,217 | 610,955 |
| Cameroon | 11 | 1:1,888,097 | 98,267 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Thailand | 6 | 1:11,773,058 | 553,295 |
| DR Congo | 4 | 1:18,469,892 | 182,906 |
| China | 4 | 1:341,830,392 | 16,990 |
| Zimbabwe | 2 | 1:7,719,120 | 118,432 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Japan | 1 | 1:127,844,293 | 73,547 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wales | 7 | 1:224,059 | 8,079 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 18 | 1:2,789,927 | 129,797 |
Heke (331) may also be a first name.
Heke Demographics
Average Heke Salary in
United States
$43,312 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Heke Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Heke Come From? nationality or country of origin
Heke (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ, Marathi: हेके, Oriya: େହେକ) is more frequently found in Tanzania than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Heke? popularity and diffusion
Heke is the 190,257th most frequently used family name globally, borne by approximately 1 in 3,284,158 people. The last name is predominantly found in Oceania, where 40 percent of Heke live; 31 percent live in East Africa and 31 percent live in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 481,336th most commonly held forename world-wide, borne by 331 people.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Tanzania, where it is held by 698 people, or 1 in 75,848. In Tanzania it is most common in: Shinyanga Region, where 37 percent are found, Manyara Region, where 18 percent are found and Tabora Region, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Tanzania Heke is found in 29 countries. It is also found in New Zealand, where 21 percent are found and Papua New Guinea, where 10 percent are found.
Heke Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Heke has changed over time. In Wales the number of people bearing the Heke last name expanded 300 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in The United States it decreased 61 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Heke Last Name Statistics demography
The amount Heke earn in different countries varies significantly. In South Africa they earn 32.46% less than the national average, earning R 160,500 per year; in United States they earn 0.38% more than the national average, earning $43,312 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.23% less than the national average, earning $45,594 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Heke Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Heke in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﺍﻟﺸﻴﺦ | alshykh | - |
| Heke in the Oriya language | ||
| େହେକ | eheka | - |
| Heke in the Marathi language | ||
| हेके | heke | 84.62 |
| होेके | hoeke | 15.38 |
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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 Heke
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