Vike Surname
Approximately 4,148 people bear this surname
Vike Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nepal | 2,083 | 1:13,673 | 789 |
| Latvia | 591 | 1:3,469 | 459 |
| India | 344 | 1:2,229,841 | 73,922 |
| Norway | 336 | 1:15,304 | 1,825 |
| Kenya | 270 | 1:171,037 | 13,055 |
| United States | 214 | 1:1,693,733 | 112,431 |
| Canada | 61 | 1:604,026 | 49,778 |
| South Africa | 53 | 1:1,022,221 | 62,590 |
| Solomon Islands | 44 | 1:13,182 | 2,418 |
| Benin | 41 | 1:252,088 | 22,137 |
| DR Congo | 21 | 1:3,518,075 | 145,665 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Sweden | 11 | 1:895,160 | 66,831 |
| Mauritania | 6 | 1:682,477 | 21,744 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Pakistan | 5 | 1:35,728,777 | 102,388 |
| Cameroon | 4 | 1:5,192,267 | 135,173 |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 1:2,290,568 | 60,372 |
| Indonesia | 3 | 1:44,083,065 | 698,220 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| England | 2 | 1:27,859,030 | 389,889 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Ivory Coast | 1 | 1:23,071,232 | 76,679 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Portugal | 1 | 1:10,418,241 | 25,048 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 8 | 1:6,277,336 | 262,771 |
The alternate forms: Vīķe (4) are calculated separately.
Vike (2,285) may also be a first name.
Vike Demographics
Vike Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Religious Adherence
in Kenya
Vike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vike Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Vike (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻴﻚ, Hindi: वीके, Marathi: वीके, Russian: Вике) is borne by more people in Nepal than any other country/territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Vīķe. Click here for further potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vike? popularity and diffusion
It is the 111,833rd most widely held surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 1,756,882 people. It occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Vike live; 59 percent live in South Asia and 59 percent live in Indo-South Asia. Vike is also the 156,030th most numerous first name internationally It is held by 2,285 people.
The last name is most common in Nepal, where it is held by 2,083 people, or 1 in 13,673. In Nepal Vike is most common in: Lumbini, where 57 percent live, Rapti, where 13 percent live and Bheri, where 12 percent live. Excluding Nepal Vike exists in 40 countries. It is also found in Latvia, where 14 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Vike Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The prevalency of Vike has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Vike surname increased 2,675 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it declined 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Vike Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those bearing the Vike surname are 32.92% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 79.69% being registered with the party.
The amount Vike earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 5.86% more than the national average, earning 366,353 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 56.31% less than the national average, earning R 103,824 per year; in Colombia they earn 36.74% less than the national average, earning $14,361,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 19.26% more than the national average, earning $51,459 USD per year and in Canada they earn 15.15% more than the national average, earning $57,211 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Vike Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Vike in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻓﻴﻚ | fyk | - |
| Vike in the Marathi language | ||
| वीके | vike | - |
| Vike in the Hindi language | ||
| वीके | vike | 74.77 |
| विके | vike | 11.21 |
| वी़के़ | vike | 9.35 |
| वी॰के॰ | vike | 0.93 |
| विक्की | vikki | 0.93 |
| वी़के | vike | 0.93 |
| Vike in the Russian language | ||
| Вике | vike | - |
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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 Vike
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