Nikah Surname
Approximately 239 people bear this surname
Nikah Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indonesia | 150 | 1:881,661 | 66,139 |
| Malaysia | 22 | 1:1,340,647 | 57,034 |
| Israel | 20 | 1:427,882 | 33,464 |
| Iran | 9 | 1:8,531,392 | 160,212 |
| Afghanistan | 7 | 1:4,593,312 | 23,122 |
| India | 6 | 1:127,844,230 | 863,365 |
| Nigeria | 6 | 1:29,523,793 | 355,097 |
| Egypt | 4 | 1:22,983,938 | 62,368 |
| United States | 4 | 1:90,614,733 | 1,198,479 |
| Cameroon | 3 | 1:6,923,023 | 143,724 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1:59,547,962 | 132,569 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
Nikah (862) may also be a first name.
Nikah Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nikah Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nikah (Hindi: निकाह, Marathi: िनकाह) occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of Nikah.
How Common Is The Last Name Nikah? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 1,048,281st most widespread family name internationally. It is borne by around 1 in 30,491,824 people. The surname is primarily found in Asia, where 92 percent of Nikah are found; 72 percent are found in Southeast Asia and 72 percent are found in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 277,316th most commonly occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 862 people.
The last name is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 150 people, or 1 in 881,661. In Indonesia Nikah is primarily found in: West Java, where 40 percent reside, Central Java, where 26 percent reside and East Java, where 15 percent reside. Outside of Indonesia this last name occurs in 15 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 9 percent reside and Israel, where 8 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nikah Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nikah in the Hindi language | ||
| निकाह | nikaha | 95.83 |
| निकह | nikaha | 4.17 |
| Nikah in the Marathi language | ||
| िनकाह | inakaha | 87.5 |
| िनकह | inakaha | 12.5 |
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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 Nikah
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