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
Average Vike Salary in
United States
$51,459 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Vike Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vike Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vike (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻓﻴﻚ, Hindi: वीके, Marathi: वीके, Russian: Вике) is found most in Nepal. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Vīķe. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vike? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 111,833rd most frequently held family name on earth. It is borne by around 1 in 1,756,882 people. Vike occurs predominantly in Asia, where 59 percent of Vike reside; 59 percent reside in South Asia and 59 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Vike is also the 156,030th most numerous given name on earth, borne by 2,285 people.
This last name is most frequent in Nepal, where it is carried by 2,083 people, or 1 in 13,673. In Nepal it is most common in: Lumbini, where 57 percent live, Rapti, where 13 percent live and Bheri, where 12 percent live. Not including Nepal it occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in Latvia, where 14 percent live and India, where 8 percent live.
Vike Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Vike has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Vike surname expanded 2,675 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Vike Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the Vike last name is primarily Christian (100%) in Kenya.
In The United States those holding the Vike surname are 32.92% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 79.69% being registered to vote for 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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