Nikhon Surname
Approximately 242 people bear this surname
Nikhon Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thailand | 222 | 1:318,191 | 54,801 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| Taiwan | 8 | 1:2,930,593 | 17,989 |
Nikhon (45) may also be a first name.
Nikhon Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nikhon Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nikhon (Russian: Нихон) is borne by more people in Thailand than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nikhon click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nikhon? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nikhon is the 1,038,570th most frequent last name at a global level. It is borne by around 1 in 30,113,826 people. Nikhon is predominantly found in Asia, where 97 percent of Nikhon live; 92 percent live in Southeast Asia and 92 percent live in Tai-Asia. It is also the 1,504,468th most commonly held first name in the world, held by 45 people.
It is most prevalent in Thailand, where it is borne by 222 people, or 1 in 318,191. In Thailand Nikhon is mostly concentrated in: Sakon Nakhon Province, where 74 percent are found, Udon Thani Province, where 14 percent are found and Chonburi Province, where 10 percent are found. Apart from Thailand this last name is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 5 percent are found and Taiwan, where 3 percent are found.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nikhon Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nikhon in the Russian language | ||
| Нихон | nihon | - |
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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 Nikhon
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