Vikele Surname
Approximately 52 people bear this surname
Vikele Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Latvia | 39 | 1:52,565 | 7,946 |
| Nigeria | 11 | 1:16,103,887 | 259,204 |
| South Africa | 2 | 1:27,088,852 | 277,613 |
The alternate forms: Viķele (1) & Vīķele (2) are calculated separately.
Vikele Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Vikele Come From? nationality or country of origin
Vikele is found in Latvia more than any other country or territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Viķele or Vīķele. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Vikele? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 2,689,253rd most frequently occurring last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname is mostly found in Europe, where 75 percent of Vikele reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 75 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
This surname is most widespread in Latvia, where it is borne by 39 people, or 1 in 52,565. In Latvia Vikele is most prevalent in: Riga Planning Region, where 44 percent are found, Vidzeme, where 44 percent are found and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 5 percent are found. Apart from Latvia this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent are found and South Africa, where 4 percent are found.
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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 Vikele
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