Like Surname
Approximately 18,413 people bear this surname
Like Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ethiopia | 11,108 | 1:8,782 | 1,349 |
| United States | 1,549 | 1:233,995 | 22,493 |
| Zambia | 1,429 | 1:11,092 | 1,278 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,232 | 1:25,045 | 3,507 |
| India | 538 | 1:1,425,772 | 54,467 |
| Egypt | 397 | 1:231,576 | 16,276 |
| DR Congo | 369 | 1:200,216 | 19,970 |
| Iran | 340 | 1:225,831 | 17,616 |
| Tanzania | 195 | 1:271,495 | 21,426 |
| Taiwan | 157 | 1:149,330 | 1,346 |
| Indonesia | 141 | 1:937,938 | 69,491 |
| Morocco | 136 | 1:253,501 | 42,794 |
| United Arab Emirates | 69 | 1:132,787 | 10,955 |
| China | 63 | 1:21,703,517 | 1,203 |
| Namibia | 52 | 1:46,335 | 5,885 |
| Qatar | 47 | 1:50,170 | 4,949 |
| Afghanistan | 45 | 1:714,515 | 7,832 |
| Poland | 44 | 1:863,835 | 66,160 |
| Albania | 42 | 1:69,382 | 7,952 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Ivory Coast | 34 | 1:678,566 | 19,270 |
| Nigeria | 32 | 1:5,535,711 | 139,404 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Wales | 28 | 1:110,519 | 8,545 |
| Papua New Guinea | 26 | 1:313,604 | 42,091 |
| Thailand | 17 | 1:4,155,197 | 336,594 |
| Singapore | 17 | 1:323,983 | 13,856 |
| Benin | 16 | 1:645,975 | 38,126 |
| Vietnam | 15 | 1:6,176,404 | 2,493 |
| Pakistan | 14 | 1:12,760,278 | 55,960 |
| Argentina | 12 | 1:3,561,951 | 138,643 |
| Philippines | 11 | 1:9,203,475 | 207,772 |
| Australia | 10 | 1:2,699,570 | 109,631 |
| France | 10 | 1:6,642,272 | 293,169 |
| Canada | 9 | 1:4,093,955 | 205,175 |
| Bangladesh | 9 | 1:17,706,308 | 13,537 |
| Brazil | 8 | 1:26,759,292 | 405,030 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 1:2,110,897 | 88,902 |
| Malaysia | 7 | 1:4,213,461 | 150,293 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Greece | 6 | 1:1,846,632 | 89,049 |
| South Africa | 5 | 1:10,835,541 | 204,227 |
| Cameroon | 5 | 1:4,153,814 | 129,697 |
| Algeria | 5 | 1:7,726,310 | 57,379 |
| Gabon | 4 | 1:472,298 | 3,618 |
| Hong Kong | 4 | 1:1,833,871 | 6,220 |
| Mexico | 4 | 1:31,031,551 | 63,627 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Myanmar | 4 | 1:12,984,496 | 1,309 |
| Romania | 3 | 1:6,692,623 | 78,504 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Israel | 3 | 1:2,852,545 | 113,505 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Nepal | 2 | 1:14,240,478 | 17,812 |
| Ukraine | 2 | 1:22,761,348 | 425,733 |
| South Korea | 2 | 1:25,620,128 | 4,175 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Cambodia | 2 | 1:7,743,573 | 11,959 |
| Kazakhstan | 2 | 1:8,841,248 | 174,813 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Sudan | 1 | 1:37,510,195 | 14,259 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Tunisia | 1 | 1:610,626 | 30,336 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Jordan | 1 | 1:8,842,437 | 26,010 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 1:11,364,978 | 5,947 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1 | 1:112,659 | 1,704 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 18 | 1:1,354,187 | 47,798 |
| Wales | 2 | 1:784,208 | 16,349 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 354 | 1:141,861 | 13,333 |
Like (8,759) may also be a first name.
Like Demographics
Average Male Like Height
173.74 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Like Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Like Come From? nationality or country of origin
Like (Hindi: लईक, Marathi: लीके, Oriya: ଲିେକ) is carried by more people in Ethiopia than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Like? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 29,137th most common last name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 395,783 people. This last name is predominantly found in Africa, where 75 percent of Like are found; 61 percent are found in East Africa and 60 percent are found in Ethiosemitic Africa. Like is also the 66,941st most numerous first name throughout the world It is held by 8,759 people.
This surname is most commonly used in Ethiopia, where it is held by 11,108 people, or 1 in 8,782. Aside from Ethiopia this last name is found in 93 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 8 percent are found and Zambia, where 8 percent are found.
Like Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Like has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Like last name rose 438 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it rose 178 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Wales it rose 1,400 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Like Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is predominantly Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Orthodox (78%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Like last name are 16.35% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 63.12% being registered to vote for the political party.
Like earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 3.59% less than the national average, earning $41,601 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Like Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Like in the Marathi language | ||
| लीके | like | - |
| Like in the Oriya language | ||
| ଲିେକ | lieka | 94.44 |
| ଲିକି | liki | 5.56 |
| Like in the Hindi language | ||
| लईक | la'ika | 50 |
| लइके | la'ike | 50 |
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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 Like
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