Nikolaos Forename

3,389th
Most Common
name in the World

Approximately 307,779 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:
Greece
Highest density in:
Greece

Nikolaos Forename User-submission:

In Greek Nikolaos means 'victory of the people'. Nikolaos is derived from nike (gr. Νίκη), which means 'victory' and laos (gr. λαός), which means 'people from a nation'.

Nikolaos Forename Distribution

PlaceGenderIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Greece
100%
297,3751:376
Germany
100%
2,7661:34,9521,223
United States
100%
2,7641:131,1645,367
England
100%
7341:75,7533,117
Sweden
100%
6671:14,7791,146
Poland
100%
4241:89,6872,012
Belgium
100%
3641:31,5661,946
Cyprus
100%
3271:2,664378
Albania
100%
2701:11,2841,715
Switzerland
100%
1901:43,2292,038
Netherlands
100%
1821:92,8694,964
Brazil
100%
1471:1,457,38933,965
Canada
100%
1321:251,0108,705
South Africa
100%
1311:416,28021,118
Spain
100%
1091:426,8805,869
Austria
100%
1071:79,5721,894
Indonesia
100%
1071:2,410,875117,678
Thailand
100%
801:875,82333,771
Czechia
75%
 
791:134,8881,314
Italy
100%
761:803,4497,422
Scotland
100%
731:73,2931,955
Denmark-691:81,8772,555
Luxembourg
100%
681:8,295733
Norway
100%
481:106,9243,383
Australia-391:350,1956,577
France
100%
381:1,749,21910,826
Dominican Republic-311:336,49311,264
Finland
100%
311:176,8773,198
DR Congo-271:2,734,35659,996
Croatia
100%
231:183,3513,362
Bulgaria
100%
221:317,7456,287
Israel
92%
 
221:381,9518,592
Estonia
100%
201:65,7693,350
Russia
100%
181:8,012,98432,991
Hungary
100%
181:543,9871,953
Wales
100%
181:171,9063,302
Georgia
100%
151:249,2316,179
Turkey
100%
141:5,557,26523,905
Ireland
100%
131:357,1945,120
Malaysia
100%
121:2,537,49569,200
Venezuela
100%
121:2,516,82441,518
Qatar
100%
101:236,96022,379
China-91:151,783,97666,907
Slovenia
100%
61:409,7935,154
Singapore-61:1,047,84215,242
Philippines
100%
51:21,201,895240,180
United Arab Emirates-51:1,430,39943,518
Northern Ireland-51:368,6292,296
Portugal-41:2,602,7168,189
Japan-41:31,996,51455,536
Sudan-41:9,451,7446,661
Monaco
100%
41:9,6161,312
Saudi Arabia-41:7,703,14117,485
Serbia-41:1,786,4306,903
Romania
100%
31:6,683,99244,661
Chile
100%
31:5,869,06926,159
Mexico
100%
31:41,381,47674,307
Afghanistan-21:16,311,75848,279
Pakistan
100%
21:97,178,840228,758
Faroe Islands
100%
21:24,5641,836
North Macedonia-21:1,045,37812,250
Ukraine-11:45,499,90832,056
Burkina Faso-11:18,379,469100,219
South Korea-11:5,544,42137,250
Congo-11:5,009,20537,978
Bolivia-11:10,601,4049,299
Belarus
100%
11:9,482,38420,892
Argentina
100%
11:42,773,24343,333
Zambia-11:15,854,79466,637
Akrotiri and Dhekelia
100%
11:7,795134
Algeria-11:38,176,72032,669
Uzbekistan
100%
11:30,786,44017,476
Vietnam-11:92,623,11310,484
Abkhazia
100%
11:243,4223,525
Jordan-11:8,826,77411,126
Costa Rica
100%
11:4,767,94827,206
Slovakia-11:5,310,0639,949
Ecuador-11:17,726,91931,775
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
100%
11:111,5807,062
Fiji-11:892,3783,968
Gibraltar-11:34,138985
Puerto Rico-11:3,550,30110,040
Honduras-11:8,817,46733,018
Iceland-11:366,0177,938
Panama-11:3,906,55740,800
India-11:1,214,877,9714,759,450
New Zealand-11:4,536,04417,392
Iraq-11:35,017,85922,933
Jamaica-11:2,883,22722,340
Latvia-11:2,015,6456,531
Kazakhstan-11:17,746,84544,366

The alternate forms: Nikólaos (2) & Nikoláos (1) are calculated separately.

Nikolaos (51) may also be a surname.

Nikolaos Forename Meaning

User-submitted Reference

In Greek Nikolaos means 'victory of the people'. Nikolaos is derived from nike (gr. Νίκη), which means 'victory' and laos (gr. λαός), which means 'people from a nation'.

- nikolaospetridis

Nikolaos Forename Popularity

Phonetically Similar Names

Nikolaos Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nikolaos in the Russian language
Николаосnikolaos-

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