Nikanor Surname

387,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 915 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Namibia
Highest density in:
Namibia

Nikanor Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nikanor Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Namibia8501:2,835464
Nigeria151:11,809,517219,567
Russia141:10,294,504334,277
Indonesia101:13,224,919434,432
Chad91:1,510,2445,402
Iceland71:54,2993,881
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Moldova11:3,561,36878,271
Turkey11:77,821,422191,047
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nikanor (3,769) may also be a first name.

Nikanor Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nikanor Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nikanor (Georgian: ნიკანორ, Hindi: निकानोर, Russian: Никанор) occurs in Namibia more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of Nikanor click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nikanor? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nikanor is the 387,740th most commonly used family name globally, held by approximately 1 in 7,964,531 people. It occurs mostly in Africa, where 96 percent of Nikanor are found; 93 percent are found in Southern Africa and 93 percent are found in South Bantu Africa. It is also the 114,650th most frequently held first name in the world It is held by 3,769 people.

This surname is most frequent in Namibia, where it is held by 850 people, or 1 in 2,835. In Namibia Nikanor is mostly concentrated in: Omusati Region, where 23 percent live, Khomas Region, where 20 percent live and Oshikoto Region, where 20 percent live. Beside Namibia this last name is found in 13 countries. It is also common in Nigeria, where 2 percent live and Russia, where 2 percent live.

Nikanor Last Name Statistics demography

Nikanor earn significantly less than the average income. In South Africa they earn 27.7% less than the national average, earning R 171,816 per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nikanor Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nikanor in the Georgian language
ნიკანორnikanor-
Nikanor in the Hindi language
निकानोरnikanora-
Nikanor in the Russian language
Никанорnikanor-

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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 Nikanor
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