Nikolaeva Surname

2,877th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 194,921 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Russia
Highest density in:
Transnistria

Nikolaeva Surname User-submission:

This is a Russian and Bulgarian surname, denoting a descendant of Nicholas, or in this case, Nikolay ['victor of the people'].

Nikolaeva Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Russia179,3341:80433
Kazakhstan4,6381:3,813504
Belarus4,0991:2,318184
Bulgaria2,1131:3,303466
Transnistria1,3621:3499
Uzbekistan8331:37,1305,029
Spain6961:67,1726,007
Kyrgyzstan3601:16,5912,973
Moldova2621:13,5932,337
Egypt1531:600,88732,813
United States1471:2,465,707151,024
Turkmenistan1201:45,743871
Tajikistan921:91,1601,490
Georgia911:41,1605,655
England711:784,76142,668
Estonia541:24,4784,454
Armenia491:59,8002,698
Germany441:1,829,670103,431
Azerbaijan441:219,2985,622
Finland361:152,68613,963
Canada351:1,052,73178,176
France301:2,214,091176,965
Greece241:461,65859,466
Thailand201:3,531,917315,217
Netherlands201:844,35960,801
Sweden181:547,04239,827
Italy131:4,704,361107,811
Norway111:467,48139,375
Turkey101:7,782,142126,629
Brazil101:21,407,433350,627
United Arab Emirates101:916,22736,116
Australia101:2,699,570109,631
New Zealand81:566,04034,598
Jordan81:1,105,30516,405
Latvia61:341,67426,199
Wales61:515,75523,171
Abkhazia51:48,5732,868
Croatia51:845,72148,179
Denmark41:1,411,17960,800
Dominican Republic41:2,608,23320,941
Malta41:107,5681,849
Tunisia41:152,65617,743
Lebanon41:1,409,27119,641
China41:341,830,39216,990
Czechia31:3,544,490144,714
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Chile31:5,872,15852,204
Belgium31:3,832,215117,288
Indonesia31:44,083,065698,220
Costa Rica21:2,390,03410,205
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Japan21:63,922,14662,827
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Mexico21:62,063,10283,384
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Kenya11:46,179,900103,372
Benin11:10,335,602103,742
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Cayman Islands11:63,8932,384
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
Lithuania11:3,034,58847,401
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
Ecuador11:15,905,84650,210
Serbia11:7,144,94838,459
Scotland11:5,353,81763,002
Saint Lucia11:178,7813,800
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403

The alternate forms: Nikoláeva (1) are calculated separately.

Nikolaeva (41) may also be a first name.

Nikolaeva Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

This is a Russian and Bulgarian surname, denoting a descendant of Nicholas, or in this case, Nikolay ['victor of the people'].

- icannotfinda

Nikolaeva Last Name Facts

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

Nikolaeva (Georgian: ნიკოლაევა, Russian: Николаева) is held by more people in Russia than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms: Nikoláeva. For other potential spellings of Nikolaeva click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nikolaeva? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 2,877th most frequently used last name worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 37,387 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 74 percent of Nikolaeva live; 72 percent live in Eastern Europe and 72 percent live in East Slavic Europe. It is also the 1,590,275th most frequently occurring first name throughout the world. It is borne by 41 people.

The last name Nikolaeva is most numerous in Russia, where it is carried by 179,334 people, or 1 in 804. In Russia it is primarily found in: Chuvash Republic, where 8 percent are found, Moscow, where 6 percent are found and Saint Petersburg, where 5 percent are found. Not including Russia Nikolaeva is found in 76 countries. It also occurs in Kazakhstan, where 2 percent are found and Belarus, where 2 percent are found.

Nikolaeva Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the surname is chiefly Orthodox (88%) in Russia, Orthodox (91%) in Belarus, Orthodox (91%) in Kazakhstan, Greek Orthodox (67%) in Lebanon and Orthodox (89%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those bearing the Nikolaeva surname are 18.42% more likely to be registered United Russias than The US average, with 65.19% registered with the party.

The amount Nikolaeva earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 1.74% less than the national average, earning $42,400 USD per year and in Canada they earn 3.5% less than the national average, earning $47,945 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nikolaeva Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nikolaeva in the Georgian language
ნიკოლაევაnikolaeva-
Nikolaeva in the Russian language
Николаеваnikolaeva-

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