Morike Surname
Approximately 94 people bear this surname
Morike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenya | 49 | 1:942,447 | 33,788 |
| Nigeria | 30 | 1:5,904,759 | 145,253 |
| Papua New Guinea | 5 | 1:1,630,743 | 129,019 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| United States | 2 | 1:181,229,466 | 1,556,795 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
The alternate forms: Mörike (70) are calculated separately.
Morike (2,623) may also be a first name.
Morike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Morike Come From? nationality or country of origin
Morike (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺭﻛﻲ) is most common in Kenya. It may appear in the variant forms: Mörike. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Morike? popularity and diffusion
The last name Morike is the 1,918,812th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 77,527,084 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 88 percent of Morike reside; 52 percent reside in East Africa and 47 percent reside in Nilo-Saharan Africa. It is also the 143,450th most common first name worldwide. It is borne by 2,623 people.
It is most widely held in Kenya, where it is held by 49 people, or 1 in 942,447. In Kenya it is primarily found in: Kisii County, where 88 percent live, Nyamira County, where 8 percent live and Kisumu County, where 2 percent live. Apart from Kenya it occurs in 7 countries. It also occurs in Nigeria, where 32 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Morike Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Morike in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻣﻮﺭﻛﻲ | mwrky | - |
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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 Morike
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