Nikolam Surname

3,730,171st
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 28 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Nikolam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

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Nikolam Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran231:3,338,37197,100
India41:191,766,3461,073,940
England11:55,718,059489,080

Nikolam Last Name Facts

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

Nikolam (Marathi: िनकोलम, Oriya: ନିେକାଲାମ) is most common in Iran. It can be found as:. Click here to see other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nikolam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 3,730,171st most commonly occurring family name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 260,269,497 people. The last name Nikolam is predominantly found in Asia, where 96 percent of Nikolam live; 96 percent live in South Asia and 82 percent live in Islamic South Asia.

The surname Nikolam is most frequently held in Iran, where it is borne by 23 people, or 1 in 3,338,371. In Iran Nikolam is primarily concentrated in: Qom Province, where 61 percent live, Fars Province, where 30 percent live and Alborz Province, where 4 percent live. Not including Iran it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 14 percent live and England, where 4 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nikkolam93278/
Nicolam862/
Nikalame802/
Naikelam801/
Nikelham801/
Nikkhalam75336/
Nicolamme7523/
Nukalam712/
Nekalam711/
Nekkalam6714/
Nukallam6711/
Nekaalam671/
Nekaloum531/
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Nikolam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nikolam in the Oriya language
ନିେକାଲାମniekalama-
Nikolam in the Marathi language
िनकोलमinakolama-

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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 Nikolam
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