Nikolyan Surname

181,558th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,344 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Armenia
Highest density in:
Armenia

Nikolyan Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nikolyan Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Armenia1,4031:2,089233
Russia8951:161,03118,454
United States181:20,136,607622,629
Georgia131:288,11913,907
Belarus51:1,900,21297,012
Sweden51:1,969,351134,077
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Kazakhstan11:17,682,496204,010
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465

Nikolyan (11) may also be a first name.

Nikolyan Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nikolyan (Georgian: ნიკოლიანი, Russian: Николян) is found most frequently in Armenia. It may appear in the variant forms:. Click here for other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nikolyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nikolyan is the 181,558th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,109,021 people. The last name Nikolyan is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Nikolyan reside; 60 percent reside in West Asia and 60 percent reside in Armeno-West Asia. Nikolyan is also the 3,487,849th most widely held first name globally. It is borne by 11 people.

The surname Nikolyan is most frequent in Armenia, where it is borne by 1,403 people, or 1 in 2,089. In Armenia Nikolyan is primarily found in: Yerevan, where 28 percent live, Shirak Province, where 24 percent live and Kotayk Province, where 13 percent live. Excluding Armenia Nikolyan is found in 9 countries. It also occurs in Russia, where 38 percent live and The United States, where 1 percent live.

Nikolyan Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those bearing the last name is principally Orthodox (82%) in Russia.

In The United States those bearing the Nikolyan last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than The US average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

Nikolyan earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 12.26% less than the national average, earning $37,858 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Nikolyan Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nikolyan in the Georgian language
ნიკოლიანიnikoliani90
ნიკოლიანnikolian10
Nikolyan in the Russian language
Николянnikolan-

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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
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  • 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 Nikolyan
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