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 last name Nikah (Hindi: निकाह, Marathi: िनकाह) occurs in Indonesia more than any other country or territory. It can occur as a variant:. For other potential spellings of Nikah click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nikah? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nikah is the 1,048,281st most frequently used surname throughout the world It is held by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. The surname occurs mostly in Asia, where 92 percent of Nikah live; 72 percent live in Southeast Asia and 72 percent live in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Nikah is also the 277,316th most common first name at a global level It is held by 862 people.
The surname is most commonly used in Indonesia, where it is held by 150 people, or 1 in 881,661. In Indonesia it is mostly found in: West Java, where 40 percent are found, Central Java, where 26 percent are found and East Java, where 15 percent are found. Besides Indonesia Nikah is found in 15 countries. It also occurs in Malaysia, where 9 percent are found and Israel, where 8 percent are found.
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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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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