Nichodemus Surname

553,576th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 576 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nichodemus Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nichodemus Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria4481:395,40820,799
Tanzania1031:513,99633,942
Papua New Guinea101:815,37288,623
Kenya91:5,131,10045,516
Greece21:5,539,895129,142
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:1,477,02079,266

Nichodemus (4,478) may also be a first name.

Nichodemus Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nichodemus occurs more in Nigeria more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nichodemus? popularity and diffusion

Nichodemus is the 553,576th most widespread family name on earth, borne by around 1 in 12,651,989 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 97 percent of Nichodemus reside; 78 percent reside in West Africa and 78 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nichodemus is also the 102,884th most frequently used first name world-wide. It is borne by 4,478 people.

This surname is most widely held in Nigeria, where it is held by 448 people, or 1 in 395,408. In Nigeria Nichodemus is most numerous in: Adamawa, where 20 percent live, Taraba, where 16 percent live and Kaduna, where 12 percent live. Not including Nigeria it occurs in 8 countries. It is also common in Tanzania, where 18 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent live.

Nichodemus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Nichodemus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nichodemus surname decreased 97 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nichodemus Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those holding the last name is principally Christian (100%) in Kenya.

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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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  • 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 Nichodemus
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