Nikre Surname

1,775,494th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 107 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Nigeria
Highest density in:
Nigeria

Nikre Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nikre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Nigeria1021:1,736,69463,540
India31:255,688,4611,306,352
Papua New Guinea21:4,076,858165,791

Nikre (50) may also be a first name.

Nikre Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nikre (Hindi: निकरे, Marathi: िनकरे, Russian: Никрэ) is borne by more people in Nigeria than any other country/territory. It may also appear as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nikre? popularity and diffusion

Nikre is the 1,775,494th most commonly used last name globally, held by around 1 in 68,107,906 people. It is mostly found in Africa, where 95 percent of Nikre reside; 95 percent reside in West Africa and 95 percent reside in Atlantic-Niger Africa. Nikre is also the 1,412,538th most commonly occurring given name in the world, borne by 50 people.

It is most commonly held in Nigeria, where it is held by 102 people, or 1 in 1,736,694. In Nigeria it is most frequent in: Nasarawa, where 59 percent reside, Kaduna, where 23 percent reside and Federal Capital Territory, where 12 percent reside. Without taking into account Nigeria Nikre occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 3 percent reside and Papua New Guinea, where 2 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nikere91159/
Naikre9126/
Nikhre9112/
Nickre913/
Nikire911/
Nikreh911/
Neikre911/
Neikrie8312/
Naikere8310/
Naikire838/
Niekrea831/
Nikrest831/
Nikkere831/
Neikere831/
Nickrey830/
Nikra80112/
Niker80101/
Nekre8050/
Nikir8021/
Nikri8021/
Nukre802/
Nicre801/
Naikaire7714/
Neikhrey771/
Nnaikere771/
Naiker732,743/
Nikhra73253/
Nekrep73220/
Niekra73105/
Nikker7388/
Nicker7378/
Nizker7341/
Nekreś7335/
Nekere7325/
Nieker7313/
Nekret7312/
Neiker7311/
Nikraj739/
Nikray737/
Ngiker736/
Nikher736/
Naikra735/
Nikrui734/
Naikir734/
Nikier733/
Hniker732/
Nikhir732/
Nekres731/
Nhikra731/
Nikroj731/
Nikeer731/
Nikrai731/
Neckre731/
Nekire731/
Nekrie731/
Nehkre731/
Niqrea730/
Naicker6740,000/
Nickert67133/
Nuisker6725/
Nekrepp6721/
Nikrish6719/
Nickray6715/
Noikerd6713/
Neicker6711/
Nekresz6711/
Nekrech6710/
Neckere677/
Naikyor675/
Nikrouy674/
Nuikrai673/
Naikker673/
Naykire672/
Nickair672/
Neikirt671/
Naikrai671/
Nicaire671/
Naigker671/
Naikher671/

Nikre Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nikre in the Hindi language
निकरेnikare-
Nikre in the Marathi language
िनकरेinakare-
Nikre in the Russian language
Никрэnikre-

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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 Nikre
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