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) occurs in Armenia more than any other country/territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nikolyan? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 181,558th most commonly occurring family name throughout the world It is held by around 1 in 3,109,021 people. This surname is predominantly found in Asia, where 85 percent of Nikolyan are found; 60 percent are found in West Asia and 60 percent are found in Armeno-West Asia. It is also the 3,487,849th most frequently held first name globally It is held by 11 people.

The surname Nikolyan is most common in Armenia, where it is borne by 1,403 people, or 1 in 2,089. In Armenia it is mostly found in: Yerevan, where 28 percent reside, Shirak Province, where 24 percent reside and Kotayk Province, where 13 percent reside. Not including Armenia it is found in 9 countries. It is also common in Russia, where 38 percent reside and The United States, where 1 percent reside.

Nikolyan Last Name Statistics demography

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

In The United States Nikolyan are 3.23% more likely to be registered with the United Russia Party than the national average, with 50% being registered to vote for the 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
  • 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 Nikolyan
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