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
Nikah (Hindi: निकाह, Marathi: िनकाह) is more commonly found in Indonesia than any other country/territory. It can also be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nikah? popularity and diffusion
It is the 1,048,281st most commonly used last name worldwide. It is borne by approximately 1 in 30,491,824 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 92 percent of Nikah reside; 72 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 72 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. It is also the 277,316th most commonly used first name in the world It is held by 862 people.
Nikah is most widely held 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 live, Central Java, where 26 percent live and East Java, where 15 percent live. Not including Indonesia Nikah exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Malaysia, where 9 percent live and Israel, where 8 percent live.
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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