Nikan Surname
Approximately 2,253 people bear this surname
Nikan Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 1,963 | 1:39,115 | 4,587 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| India | 45 | 1:17,045,897 | 267,282 |
| Russia | 34 | 1:4,238,913 | 201,756 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| Ivory Coast | 33 | 1:699,128 | 19,606 |
| Pakistan | 22 | 1:8,120,177 | 43,015 |
| United States | 14 | 1:25,889,924 | 709,614 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Belarus | 11 | 1:863,733 | 65,346 |
| Netherlands | 9 | 1:1,876,353 | 85,467 |
| Afghanistan | 9 | 1:3,572,576 | 20,130 |
| Canada | 4 | 1:9,211,398 | 321,528 |
| Colombia | 2 | 1:23,887,036 | 32,612 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Chile | 1 | 1:17,616,474 | 93,597 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Sweden | 1 | 1:9,846,757 | 347,448 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
Nikan (1,283) may also be a first name.
Nikan Demographics
Average Nikan Salary in
United States
$53,350 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nikan Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nikan Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nikan (Bengali: নিকন, Hindi: निकन, Marathi: िनकन, Oriya: ନିକନ, Russian: Никан) is borne by more people in Iran than any other country/territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nikan? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nikan is the 187,801st most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by around 1 in 3,234,597 people. The last name Nikan is mostly found in Asia, where 94 percent of Nikan reside; 91 percent reside in South Asia and 89 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 220,056th most frequently held given name world-wide, held by 1,283 people.
The last name Nikan is most frequently used in Iran, where it is held by 1,963 people, or 1 in 39,115. In Iran it is mostly found in: Isfahan Province, where 20 percent live, Tehran Province, where 16 percent live and Hormozgan Province, where 11 percent live. Besides Iran it occurs in 24 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 2 percent live and India, where 2 percent live.
Nikan Last Name Statistics demography
Nikan earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 23.64% more than the national average, earning $53,350 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nikan Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nikan in the Bengali language | ||
| নিকন | nikana | - |
| Nikan in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିକନ | nikana | 87.5 |
| ନିକାନ | nikana | 12.5 |
| Nikan in the Marathi language | ||
| िनकन | inakana | 80.95 |
| िनकान | inakana | 11.9 |
| ीकांत | ikanta | 4.76 |
| िनकण | inakana | 2.38 |
| Nikan in the Hindi language | ||
| निकन | nikana | 72.22 |
| निकां | nikam | 11.11 |
| नीकन | nikana | 11.11 |
| निकान | nikana | 5.56 |
| Nikan in the Russian language | ||
| Никан | nikan | - |
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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 Nikan
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