Nikas Surname
Approximately 6,149 people bear this surname
Nikas Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 3,266 | 1:3,392 | 299 |
| India | 1,848 | 1:415,079 | 21,812 |
| United States | 446 | 1:812,688 | 62,481 |
| Iran | 124 | 1:619,214 | 34,078 |
| Canada | 75 | 1:491,275 | 42,011 |
| Australia | 67 | 1:402,921 | 32,505 |
| Russia | 54 | 1:2,668,945 | 150,916 |
| Germany | 39 | 1:2,064,243 | 111,952 |
| Belgium | 30 | 1:383,221 | 41,070 |
| Cyprus | 29 | 1:30,513 | 3,329 |
| Tanzania | 28 | 1:1,890,772 | 47,703 |
| Austria | 26 | 1:327,517 | 36,002 |
| Sweden | 23 | 1:428,120 | 30,474 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Albania | 8 | 1:364,257 | 16,885 |
| Transnistria | 7 | 1:67,814 | 9,165 |
| Indonesia | 6 | 1:22,041,532 | 555,748 |
| Israel | 6 | 1:1,426,272 | 75,466 |
| France | 5 | 1:13,284,544 | 357,392 |
| Chile | 5 | 1:3,523,295 | 39,650 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 1:4,420,624 | 134,293 |
| Venezuela | 4 | 1:7,551,019 | 53,668 |
| Portugal | 4 | 1:2,604,560 | 16,079 |
| Poland | 4 | 1:9,502,187 | 181,606 |
| Italy | 3 | 1:20,385,563 | 143,117 |
| Papua New Guinea | 3 | 1:2,717,906 | 153,458 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Georgia | 2 | 1:1,872,772 | 35,618 |
| Lithuania | 2 | 1:1,517,294 | 35,813 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 1:30,929,142 | 67,786 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
Nikas (1,488) may also be a first name.
Nikas Demographics
Average Nikas Salary in
United States
$51,490 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nikas Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nikas Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nikas (Bengali: নিকাস, Georgian: ნიკას, Hindi: निकास, Marathi: िनकस, Oriya: ନିକାସ, Russian: Никас) is most common in Greece. It may also be found as a variant:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nikas? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 79,349th most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 1,185,160 people. The surname Nikas occurs predominantly in Europe, where 57 percent of Nikas live; 54 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 54 percent live in Helleno-Europe. Nikas is also the 201,616th most commonly held first name at a global level It is held by 1,488 people.
Nikas is most prevalent in Greece, where it is held by 3,266 people, or 1 in 3,392. In Greece Nikas is most frequent in: Attica, where 43 percent are found, Central Greece, where 14 percent are found and Central Macedonia, where 14 percent are found. Excluding Greece this last name is found in 45 countries. It also occurs in India, where 30 percent are found and The United States, where 7 percent are found.
Nikas Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those carrying the last name is principally Orthodox (100%) in Ukraine.
In The United States those holding the Nikas surname are 10.56% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 63.79% registered with the political party.
The amount Nikas earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 19.33% more than the national average, earning $51,490 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.81% more than the national average, earning $56,048 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nikas Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nikas in the Georgian language | ||
| ნიკას | nikas | - |
| Nikas in the Bengali language | ||
| নিকাস | nikasa | - |
| Nikas in the Hindi language | ||
| निकास | nikasa | 96.15 |
| निकशा | nikasa | 1.28 |
| नीकस | nikasa | 1.28 |
| निकस | nikasa | 1.28 |
| Nikas in the Marathi language | ||
| िनकस | inakasa | 85.96 |
| िनकास | inakasa | 13.12 |
| काश | kasa | 0.21 |
| नीकस | nikasa | 0.11 |
| िबास | ibasa | 0.04 |
| िकत | ikata | 0.04 |
| Nikas in the Oriya language | ||
| ନିକାସ | nikasa | 66.67 |
| ନିକସ | nikasa | 22.22 |
| ନିକାଶ | nikasa | 11.11 |
| Nikas in the Russian language | ||
| Никас | nikas | - |
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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 Nikas
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