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
The surname Nikis (Hindi: निकिस, Marathi: िनकीस, Russian: Никис) is found most frequently in Greece. It can also be rendered as a variant: Nikiś. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nikis? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 2,061,309th most widespread last name at a global level, held by around 1 in 87,801,758 people. This surname occurs predominantly 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 commonly used first name globally, held by 422 people.
This last name is most commonly occurring in Greece, where it is carried by 21 people, or 1 in 527,609. In Greece Nikis is primarily concentrated in: Attica, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Greece Nikis exists in 17 countries. It is also found in Papua New Guinea, where 20 percent reside and Iran, where 18 percent reside.
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
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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 Nikis
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