Nikolov Surname

7,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 72,158 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Bulgaria
Highest density in:
Bulgaria

Nikolov Surname User-submission:

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

Nikolov Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Bulgaria58,6741:11910
North Macedonia5,2411:40125
Serbia1,6951:4,215527
Russia1,0801:133,44715,678
Spain1,0251:45,6124,321
Greece8361:13,2531,784
United States8181:443,10438,071
England3461:161,03515,064
Germany3081:261,38127,997
Canada2611:141,17114,531
Australia1621:166,64017,199
Slovenia1591:15,6463,670
France1331:499,41969,818
Czechia1261:84,39314,132
Egypt1221:753,57238,342
Sweden1041:94,6806,886
Hungary761:129,16211,998
Italy711:861,36265,615
Denmark641:88,1998,478
Dominican Republic621:168,2736,481
Netherlands611:276,83934,217
Israel601:142,62715,171
Switzerland571:144,08613,875
Croatia501:84,57214,311
Slovakia431:124,10322,986
Cyprus421:21,0682,351
Belgium371:310,72035,739
Finland341:161,66814,556
Austria331:258,04330,255
Thailand311:2,278,656255,572
Georgia281:133,7699,999
Romania281:717,06748,956
Portugal281:372,08012,265
South Africa251:2,167,10894,352
New Zealand211:215,63421,249
Transnistria201:23,7354,200
Qatar191:124,10514,725
Scotland181:297,43413,849
Belarus181:527,83748,523
Norway141:367,30634,015
Brazil141:15,291,024280,658
Argentina111:3,885,765145,016
Poland101:3,800,875132,137
Peru91:3,531,56931,288
Iceland91:42,2322,922
Kazakhstan81:2,210,31295,036
Northern Ireland81:230,63010,839
United Arab Emirates61:1,527,04651,993
Moldova51:712,27439,996
Mexico41:31,031,55163,627
Malta41:107,5681,849
China41:341,830,39216,990
Japan31:42,614,76459,022
Armenia31:976,72713,552
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Wales21:1,547,26639,871
Ireland21:2,354,47019,715
Azerbaijan21:4,824,56142,415
Northern Cyprus21:159,5069,062
Kosovo21:930,93412,188
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
Bosnia and Herzegovina11:3,536,40219,532
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Tunisia11:610,62630,336
Isle of Man11:85,8224,091
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Panama11:3,912,25817,195
Lesotho11:2,032,55823,402
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Montenegro11:639,5659,092
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Senegal11:14,579,34211,705
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Nikolov (2,977) may also be a first name.

Nikolov 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'].

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The name comes from the first name - Nikola. It is an old Bulgarian name of Greek origin.

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Nikolov Last Name Facts

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

Nikolov (Georgian: ნიკოლოვი, Russian: Николов) is more commonly found in Bulgaria than any other country or territory. It may also appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nikolov? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 7,873rd most prevalent surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 100,994 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 98 percent of Nikolov live; 92 percent live in Southeastern Europe and 91 percent live in South Slavic Europe. It is also the 132,757th most commonly held given name in the world, held by 2,977 people.

The last name Nikolov is most widely held in Bulgaria, where it is carried by 58,674 people, or 1 in 119. In Bulgaria it is primarily concentrated in: Sofia City Province, where 22 percent live, Varna Province, where 9 percent live and Plovdiv Province, where 7 percent live. Apart from Bulgaria Nikolov is found in 77 countries. It is also common in North Macedonia, where 7 percent live and Serbia, where 2 percent live.

Nikolov Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Orthodox (85%) in Russia and Orthodox (86%) in Ukraine.

In The United States those holding the Nikolov last name are 7.54% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 54.31% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Nikolov earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 17.64% more than the national average, earning 407,140 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 114.37% more than the national average, earning R 509,424 per year; in United States they earn 13.28% more than the national average, earning $48,881 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.68% more than the national average, earning $53,000 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nikolov Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nikolov in the Georgian language
ნიკოლოვიnikolovi92.31
ნიკოლოვnikolov7.69
Nikolov in the Russian language
Николовnikolov-

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