Niksam Surname

1,765,740th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 108 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Niksam Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Niksam 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
Iran1041:738,29438,062
India41:191,766,3461,073,940

Niksam (13) may also be a first name.

Niksam Last Name Facts

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

Niksam (Hindi: निकसम, Marathi: कम) is found most frequently in Iran. It may be rendered as:. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Niksam? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 1,765,740th most commonly occurring surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 67,477,277 people. This last name occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Niksam reside; 100 percent reside in South Asia and 96 percent reside in Islamic South Asia. Niksam is also the 3,159,357th most frequently occurring first name in the world. It is borne by 13 people.

It is most widely held in Iran, where it is held by 104 people, or 1 in 738,294. In Iran Niksam is most frequent in: Isfahan Province, where 57 percent reside, Mazandaran Province, where 13 percent reside and East Azerbaijan Province, where 12 percent reside. Outside of Iran Niksam exists in one country. It is also found in India, where 4 percent reside.

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
Niksame921/
Niksom831/
Nicsam831/
Nicksom772/
Nixam733/
Nixham675/
Nikjom672/
Niccam671/
Nuksom671/
Nueksom62245/
Nixom554/
Negzam505/
Nugsom501/
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Niksam Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Niksam in the Hindi language
निकसमnikasama-
Niksam in the Marathi language
कमkama-

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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 Niksam
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