Nicodema Surname

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

Approximately 19 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Lesotho
Highest density in:
Lesotho

Nicodema Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nicodema Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Lesotho61:338,76016,589
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
South Africa51:10,835,541204,227
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716

The alternate forms: Nicodemâ (4) are calculated separately.

Nicodema (233) may also be a first name.

Nicodema Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nicodema is found in Lesotho more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant: Nicodemâ. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nicodema? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 4,532,898th most frequently used last name on earth, borne by around 1 in 383,555,048 people. The last name occurs mostly in Africa, where 63 percent of Nicodema live; 58 percent live in Southern Africa and 58 percent live in South Bantu Africa. Nicodema is also the 587,225th most common first name globally, held by 233 people.

This last name is most commonly held in Lesotho, where it is borne by 6 people, or 1 in 338,760. In Lesotho Nicodema is most frequent in: Berea District, where 50 percent reside and Mohale's Hoek District, where 50 percent reside. Besides Lesotho this surname exists in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 32 percent reside and South Africa, where 26 percent reside.

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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 Nicodema
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