Nikar Surname
Approximately 310 people bear this surname
Nikar Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iran | 158 | 1:485,965 | 29,156 |
| India | 127 | 1:6,039,885 | 141,381 |
| Afghanistan | 11 | 1:2,923,017 | 17,932 |
| Pakistan | 9 | 1:19,849,321 | 72,658 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
Nikar (1,062) may also be a first name.
Nikar Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nikar Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nikar (Bengali: নিকর, Georgian: ნიკარ, Hindi: निकार, Marathi: िनकर, Oriya: ନିକର, Russian: Никар) is held by more people in Iran than any other country or territory. It may be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nikar? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 872,430th most common surname at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 23,508,213 people. The last name is primarily found in Asia, where 99 percent of Nikar live; 98 percent live in South Asia and 57 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 245,583rd most frequently occurring given name worldwide, borne by 1,062 people.
The surname is most frequently held in Iran, where it is held by 158 people, or 1 in 485,965. In Iran Nikar is primarily found in: Tehran Province, where 28 percent are found, Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province, where 21 percent are found and Kermanshah Province, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Iran this last name occurs in 7 countries. It is also common in India, where 41 percent are found and Afghanistan, where 4 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nikar Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nikar in the Georgian language | ||
| ნიკარ | nikar | - |
| Nikar in the Bengali language | ||
| নিকর | nikara | - |
| Nikar in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିକର | nikara | 77.78 |
| ନିକାର | nikara | 22.22 |
| Nikar in the Hindi language | ||
| निकार | nikara | 70 |
| निकर | nikara | 30 |
| Nikar in the Marathi language | ||
| िनकर | inakara | 58.97 |
| नायकर | nayakara | 25.64 |
| िनकार | inakara | 10.26 |
| शंकर | sankara | 5.13 |
| Nikar in the Russian language | ||
| Никар | nikar | - |
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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 Nikar
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