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
The surname Morike (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻣﻮﺭﻛﻲ) is carried by more people in Kenya than any other country/territory. It can also be found as: Mörike. For other possible spellings of Morike click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Morike? popularity and diffusion
Morike is the 1,918,812th most commonly occurring family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 77,527,084 people. The last name is primarily found in Africa, where 88 percent of Morike are found; 52 percent are found in East Africa and 47 percent are found in Nilo-Saharan Africa. Morike is also the 143,450th most commonly used first name globally, borne by 2,623 people.
The surname is most commonly held in Kenya, where it is carried by 49 people, or 1 in 942,447. In Kenya Morike is most numerous in: Kisii County, where 88 percent reside, Nyamira County, where 8 percent reside and Kisumu County, where 2 percent reside. Besides Kenya this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 32 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 5 percent reside.
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
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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 Morike
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