Nikaran Surname

4,772,636th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 17 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
India
Highest density in:
Indonesia

Nikaran Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nikaran Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
India81:95,883,173728,828
Indonesia71:18,892,742520,071
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795

Nikaran (15) may also be a first name.

Nikaran Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nikaran (Hindi: निकरण, Marathi: िनकरन, Oriya: ନିକାରାନ) occurs most in India. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nikaran? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nikaran is the 4,772,636th most frequently held surname internationally, held by approximately 1 in 428,679,172 people. The last name Nikaran is mostly found in Asia, where 88 percent of Nikaran reside; 47 percent reside in South Asia and 47 percent reside in Indo-South Asia. Nikaran is also the 2,900,335th most frequently used first name worldwide It is held by 15 people.

This last name is most widely held in India, where it is held by 8 people, or 1 in 95,883,173. In India it is most frequent in: Gujarat, where 88 percent are found and Madhya Pradesh, where 13 percent are found. Outside of India this surname occurs in 2 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 41 percent are found and The United States, where 12 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nikaran Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nikaran in the Oriya language
ନିକାରାନnikarana-
Nikaran in the Marathi language
िनकरनinakarana66.67
िनकरानinakarana33.33
Nikaran in the Hindi language
निकरणnikarana50
ंिकरणmikarana50

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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 Nikaran
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