Jiks Surname

4,532,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Papua New Guinea

Jiks Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Jiks Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria141:12,653,054227,444
South Africa31:18,059,235248,362
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

Jiks (19) may also be a first name.

Jiks Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Jiks Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Jiks is more commonly found in Nigeria than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of Jiks.

How Common Is The Last Name Jiks? popularity and diffusion

Jiks is the 4,532,898th most common surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name Jiks is mostly found in Africa, where 89 percent of Jiks live; 74 percent live in West Africa and 74 percent live in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Jiks is also the 2,523,061st most numerous first name throughout the world. It is borne by 19 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 14 people, or 1 in 12,653,054. In Nigeria Jiks is most numerous in: Plateau, where 100 percent reside. Besides Nigeria it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 16 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 11 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
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Jeeks672/
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Hikst671/
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Juics671/
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Sejks671/
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Gikss671/
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Huiks670/
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Hikse670/
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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 Jiks
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