Nicholaos Surname

8,193,072nd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5 people bear this surname

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

Nicholaos Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nicholaos Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
England11:55,718,059489,080
Papua New Guinea11:8,153,717181,784
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nicholaos (259) may also be a first name.

Nicholaos Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nicholaos is held by more people in Canada than any other country/territory. It can also occur as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nicholaos? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nicholaos is the 8,193,072nd most frequent last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 1,457,509,183 people. The last name Nicholaos is primarily found in The Americas, where 40 percent of Nicholaos reside; 40 percent reside in North America and 20 percent reside in East Bantu Africa. It is also the 553,262nd most commonly used forename globally, borne by 259 people.

The last name is most frequently held in Canada, where it is borne by 1 people, or 1 in 36,845,591. In Canada it is mostly concentrated in: Quebec, where 100 percent live. Outside of Canada Nicholaos is found in 4 countries. It is also common in England, where 20 percent live and Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nicholaous952/
Nicolaos9453/
Nicholao9413/
Nicholaou89255/
Nicolaous892/
Nicholoas891/
Nicoloas8210/
Nicholoa820/
Nicholoau782/
Netchalao671/

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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 Nicholaos
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