Nikis Surname
Approximately 83 people bear this surname
Nikis Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greece | 21 | 1:527,609 | 66,013 |
| Papua New Guinea | 17 | 1:479,630 | 60,627 |
| Iran | 15 | 1:5,118,835 | 123,814 |
| Russia | 12 | 1:12,010,255 | 361,204 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
| South Africa | 1 | 1:54,177,704 | 343,732 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Burkina Faso | 1 | 1:18,352,100 | 30,051 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
| Belize | 1 | 1:355,474 | 3,977 |
The alternate forms: Nikiś (12) are calculated separately.
Nikis (422) may also be a first name.
Nikis Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nikis Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nikis (Hindi: निकिस, Marathi: िनकीस, Russian: Никис) is carried by more people in Greece than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant: Nikiś. For other potential spellings of Nikis click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nikis? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,061,309th most commonly held surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 87,801,758 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 43 percent of Nikis are found; 25 percent are found in Southeastern Europe and 25 percent are found in Helleno-Europe. It is also the 418,267th most frequent given name in the world. It is borne by 422 people.
The surname Nikis is most frequently held in Greece, where it is borne by 21 people, or 1 in 527,609. In Greece Nikis is primarily found in: Attica, where 100 percent live. Excluding Greece it occurs in 17 countries. It also occurs in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent live and Iran, where 18 percent live.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nikis Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nikis in the Marathi language | ||
| िनकीस | inakisa | - |
| Nikis in the Hindi language | ||
| निकिस | nikisa | 66.67 |
| निकीस | nikisa | 33.33 |
| Nikis in the Russian language | ||
| Никис | nikis | - |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Nikis
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