Nikaj Surname
Approximately 1,537 people bear this surname
Nikaj Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 979 | 1:2,977 | 534 |
| Kosovo | 276 | 1:6,746 | 1,120 |
| United States | 129 | 1:2,809,759 | 166,838 |
| Switzerland | 34 | 1:241,556 | 20,206 |
| Greece | 32 | 1:346,243 | 48,387 |
| Brazil | 18 | 1:11,893,018 | 236,958 |
| Montenegro | 17 | 1:37,621 | 2,828 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| France | 9 | 1:7,380,302 | 306,885 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Germany | 4 | 1:20,126,365 | 436,245 |
| Austria | 3 | 1:2,838,478 | 93,604 |
| Australia | 3 | 1:8,998,567 | 200,784 |
| Serbia | 2 | 1:3,572,474 | 32,645 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Canada | 1 | 1:36,845,591 | 464,108 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Nikaj (68) may also be a first name.
Nikaj Demographics
Average Nikaj Salary in
United States
$42,300 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nikaj Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nikaj Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nikaj (Hindi: निकज, Marathi: िनकज) is most common in Albania. It can be rendered as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nikaj? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 256,490th most frequently held surname at a global level, held by around 1 in 4,741,409 people. This last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 90 percent of Nikaj reside; 85 percent reside in Southeastern Europe and 82 percent reside in Albano-Europe. Nikaj is also the 1,181,159th most frequently used given name in the world, held by 68 people.
This last name is most widespread in Albania, where it is carried by 979 people, or 1 in 2,977. In Albania Nikaj is mostly found in: Shkodër County, where 49 percent live, Lezhë County, where 22 percent live and Tirana County, where 16 percent live. Besides Albania this last name is found in 17 countries. It also occurs in Kosovo, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 8 percent live.
Nikaj Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Nikaj surname are 26.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 80% registered with the political party.
Nikaj earn marginally less than the average income. In United States they earn 1.97% less than the national average, earning $42,300 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nikaj Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nikaj in the Hindi language | ||
| निकज | nikaja | - |
| Nikaj in the Marathi language | ||
| िनकज | inakaja | 55.56 |
| िनकाजु | inakaju | 22.22 |
| िनकंज | inakanja | 11.11 |
| िनकेाज | inakeaja | 11.11 |
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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 Nikaj
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