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
The last name Vikele is more commonly found in Latvia than any other country or territory. It may also be found in the variant forms: Viķele or Vīķele. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Vikele? popularity and diffusion
The surname Vikele is the 2,689,253rd most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, held by around 1 in 140,145,114 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 75 percent of Vikele reside; 75 percent reside in Northern Europe and 75 percent reside in Baltic Europe.
It is most frequently used in Latvia, where it is carried by 39 people, or 1 in 52,565. In Latvia it is most numerous in: Riga Planning Region, where 44 percent live, Vidzeme, where 44 percent live and Kurzeme Planning Region, where 5 percent live. Not including Latvia this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 21 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.
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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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