Nikola Forename
4,618th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 227,187 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
Serbia
Highest density in:
Montenegro
Nikola Forename User-submission:
Nikolai, Nikolay, or Nikola is a Russian and Bulgarian form of the name Nicholas, from Greek Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), meaning 'victory of the people'.
Nikola Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Serbia | 100% | 52,332 | 1:137 | 21 |
| Czechia | 96% | 38,329 | 1:278 | 75 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 34,671 | 1:202 | 22 |
| Croatia | 100% | 29,711 | 1:142 | 16 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 100% | 15,782 | 1:223 | 21 |
| North Macedonia | 100% | 15,327 | 1:136 | 2 |
| Russia | 99% | 5,613 | 1:25,696 | 631 |
| Montenegro | 100% | 4,948 | 1:128 | 8 |
| United States | 74% | 3,549 | 1:102,152 | 4,500 |
| Germany | 89% | 3,524 | 1:27,434 | 1,079 |
| Canada | 79% | 3,011 | 1:11,004 | 1,248 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,780 | 1:13,679 | 556 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 2,061 | 1:1,193 | 275 |
| Austria | 100% | 1,533 | 1:5,554 | 478 |
| England | 72% | 1,526 | 1:36,437 | 1,913 |
| Kosovo | - | 1,052 | 1:1,769 | 420 |
| Ethiopia | 100% | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Sweden | 96% | 1,022 | 1:9,646 | 860 |
| Slovakia | 94% | 876 | 1:6,062 | 340 |
| Switzerland | 79% | 793 | 1:10,357 | 1,020 |
| Greece | 85% | 660 | 1:16,567 | 873 |
| Netherlands | 90% | 553 | 1:30,564 | 2,508 |
| Spain | 83% | 517 | 1:90,000 | 2,726 |
| Albania | 94% | 511 | 1:5,962 | 1,115 |
| DR Congo | 95% | 438 | 1:168,556 | 7,793 |
| France | 99% | 385 | 1:172,650 | 3,018 |
| Thailand | 51% | 311 | 1:225,292 | 14,201 |
| Australia | - | 270 | 1:50,584 | 2,387 |
| Tanzania | 83% | 237 | 1:222,736 | 8,869 |
| Uzbekistan | 100% | 233 | 1:132,131 | 3,534 |
| Kazakhstan | 99% | 231 | 1:76,826 | 2,622 |
| Belarus | 99% | 226 | 1:41,957 | 569 |
| Egypt | - | 195 | 1:471,287 | 12,924 |
| Italy | 99% | 192 | 1:318,032 | 3,898 |
| Uganda | 99% | 180 | 1:227,538 | 7,417 |
| South Africa | 61% | 178 | 1:306,363 | 17,202 |
| India | 86% | 161 | 1:7,545,826 | 250,360 |
| Brazil | 100% | 157 | 1:1,364,561 | 32,501 |
| Scotland | 85% | 141 | 1:37,946 | 1,360 |
| Belgium | 82% | 133 | 1:86,391 | 3,203 |
| Denmark | - | 118 | 1:47,877 | 1,861 |
| Norway | 93% | 118 | 1:43,494 | 1,896 |
| Latvia | 100% | 101 | 1:19,957 | 916 |
| New Zealand | - | 100 | 1:45,360 | 2,580 |
| Hungary | 60% | 86 | 1:113,858 | 766 |
| Turkey | 98% | 86 | 1:904,671 | 9,456 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 77 | 1:3,350,178 | 149,032 |
| Wales | 81% | 69 | 1:44,845 | 1,650 |
| Ireland | 100% | 62 | 1:74,895 | 2,089 |
| Qatar | 100% | 49 | 1:48,359 | 6,334 |
| Georgia | 98% | 46 | 1:81,271 | 3,243 |
| Cyprus | 80% | 44 | 1:19,797 | 1,296 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 43 | 1:242,588 | 9,234 |
| Moldova | - | 42 | 1:84,789 | 1,157 |
| Malta | - | 40 | 1:10,734 | 1,062 |
| Papua New Guinea | 88% | 35 | 1:232,923 | 19,496 |
| Philippines | 90% | 35 | 1:3,028,842 | 60,361 |
| Chile | 86% | 32 | 1:550,225 | 6,424 |
| Finland | 71% | 31 | 1:176,877 | 3,198 |
| Armenia | 100% | 29 | 1:100,647 | 2,552 |
| Transnistria | 100% | 29 | 1:16,401 | 419 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 29 | 1:1,041,445 | 22,179 |
| Kuwait | - | 28 | 1:135,188 | 8,745 |
| Peru | 82% | 28 | 1:1,135,409 | 14,457 |
| Nigeria | 73% | 27 | 1:6,576,458 | 89,301 |
| Ecuador | - | 26 | 1:681,805 | 6,318 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 22 | 1:25,639 | 1,366 |
| Romania | - | 22 | 1:911,453 | 21,217 |
| Estonia | 100% | 20 | 1:65,769 | 3,350 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 19 | 1:507,523 | 10,355 |
| Angola | - | 16 | 1:1,685,413 | 2,877 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Malaysia | 61% | 15 | 1:2,029,996 | 58,888 |
| Barbados | - | 14 | 1:20,699 | 1,571 |
| China | - | 13 | 1:105,081,214 | 64,899 |
| Iran | - | 11 | 1:7,136,079 | 23,336 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 10 | 1:184,315 | 1,771 |
| Iceland | - | 10 | 1:36,602 | 2,190 |
| Japan | - | 10 | 1:12,798,606 | 38,248 |
| Ukraine | - | 10 | 1:4,549,991 | 8,360 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Morocco | - | 9 | 1:3,816,515 | 8,291 |
| Tajikistan | 100% | 9 | 1:930,547 | 3,856 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 9 | 1:151,269 | 9,102 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 9 | 1:794,666 | 24,808 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 8 | 1:746,660 | 19,030 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 7 | 1:3,087,215 | 57,282 |
| Hong Kong | - | 7 | 1:1,107,532 | 6,332 |
| Benin | 100% | 6 | 1:1,762,640 | 36,264 |
| Mexico | 100% | 5 | 1:24,828,885 | 53,479 |
| Syria | - | 5 | 1:3,861,215 | 5,356 |
| Tunisia | - | 5 | 1:135,380 | 6,628 |
| French Polynesia | - | 4 | 1:69,476 | 2,352 |
| New Caledonia | 100% | 4 | 1:67,541 | 2,087 |
| Portugal | - | 4 | 1:2,602,716 | 8,189 |
| Turkmenistan | - | 4 | 1:1,368,218 | 2,487 |
| Zambia | - | 4 | 1:3,963,698 | 31,018 |
| Argentina | 100% | 3 | 1:14,257,748 | 23,489 |
| Costa Rica | 67% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Israel | - | 3 | 1:2,800,973 | 24,529 |
| Panama | - | 3 | 1:1,302,186 | 25,104 |
| Senegal | 100% | 3 | 1:4,860,452 | 20,187 |
| Zimbabwe | 100% | 3 | 1:5,141,272 | 76,754 |
| Afghanistan | - | 2 | 1:16,311,758 | 48,279 |
| Bahamas | - | 2 | 1:199,685 | 2,758 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 2 | 1:9,189,734 | 69,235 |
| Cambodia | 100% | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Guyana | - | 2 | 1:381,631 | 18,312 |
| Jamaica | - | 2 | 1:1,441,614 | 15,741 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 2 | 1:18,928 | 806 |
| Namibia | - | 2 | 1:1,202,090 | 12,702 |
| Singapore | - | 2 | 1:3,143,527 | 27,876 |
| South Korea | - | 2 | 1:2,772,210 | 27,911 |
| Abkhazia | 100% | 1 | 1:243,422 | 3,525 |
| Algeria | - | 1 | 1:38,176,720 | 32,669 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:31,250 | 1,787 |
| Comoros | - | 1 | 1:761,339 | 901 |
| Congo | - | 1 | 1:5,009,205 | 37,978 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 1 | 1:1,137,689 | 1,044 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 1 | 1:49,127 | 2,467 |
| Fiji | - | 1 | 1:892,378 | 3,968 |
| Grenada | - | 1 | 1:108,125 | 4,208 |
| Guatemala | - | 1 | 1:16,108,429 | 13,998 |
| Guinea | - | 1 | 1:11,858,647 | 7,978 |
| Haiti | - | 1 | 1:10,726,953 | 41,696 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jersey | - | 1 | 1:99,980 | 2,122 |
| Kenya | - | 1 | 1:46,307,110 | 74,921 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Macau | - | 1 | 1:608,209 | 2,350 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Oman | - | 1 | 1:4,108,667 | 12,526 |
| Pakistan | - | 1 | 1:194,357,680 | 303,535 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 1 | 1:3,550,301 | 10,040 |
| Rwanda | - | 1 | 1:11,371,433 | 4,615 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 1 | 1:54,861 | 2,604 |
| Sudan | - | 1 | 1:37,806,975 | 10,689 |
| Taiwan | - | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 1 | 1:109,747 | 4,493 |
| Vietnam | - | 1 | 1:92,623,113 | 10,484 |
| Wallis and Futuna | - | 1 | 1:13,529 | 157 |
Nikola (2,015) may also be a surname.
Nikola Forename Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Nikolai, Nikolay, or Nikola is a Russian and Bulgarian form of the name Nicholas, from Greek Νικόλαος (Nikolaos), meaning 'victory of the people'.
- iuileA surname of Greek origin, meaning 'conqueror of the people'.
- pixeldonutNikola Forename Popularity
Nikola Demographics
Average Male Nikola Height
179.24 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 230 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Phonetically Similar Names
Nikola Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nikola in the Russian language | ||
| Никола | nikola | - |
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