Nikani Surname
Approximately 2,675 people bear this surname
Nikani Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 2,602 | 1:20,822 | 2,634 |
| Iran | 33 | 1:2,326,743 | 78,121 |
| Ivory Coast | 11 | 1:2,097,385 | 37,425 |
| Lesotho | 4 | 1:508,140 | 18,568 |
| Zimbabwe | 4 | 1:3,859,560 | 114,807 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Thailand | 3 | 1:23,546,115 | 908,588 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
Nikani (108) may also be a first name.
Nikani Demographics
Average Nikani Salary in
South Africa
R 128,760
Per year
Average Salary in
South Africa
R 237,638
Per year
Nikani Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nikani Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nikani is borne by more people in South Africa than any other country/territory. It can also appear as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nikani? popularity and diffusion
Nikani is the 162,580th most common family name on earth, held by around 1 in 2,724,316 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Africa, where 98 percent of Nikani live; 98 percent live in Southern Africa and 98 percent live in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 904,892nd most widespread given name at a global level It is held by 108 people.
The last name Nikani is most commonly used in South Africa, where it is borne by 2,602 people, or 1 in 20,822. In South Africa Nikani is most frequent in: Eastern Cape, where 50 percent live, Western Cape, where 23 percent live and Gauteng, where 10 percent live. Beside South Africa Nikani occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Iran, where 1 percent live and The Ivory Coast, where 0 percent live.
Nikani Last Name Statistics demography
Nikani earn a lot less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 45.82% less than the national average, earning R 128,760 per year.
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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 Nikani
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