Niksh Surname

3,485,539th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 32 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Iran
Highest density in:
Iran

Niksh Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niksh Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Iran261:2,953,17490,148
India51:153,413,076951,030
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Niksh (17) may also be a first name.

Niksh Last Name Facts

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

Niksh (Hindi: निकष, Marathi: िकेश, Russian: Никш) is more frequently found in Iran than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Niksh? popularity and diffusion

Niksh is the 3,485,539th most widely held surname worldwide. It is borne by around 1 in 227,735,810 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 97 percent of Niksh live; 97 percent live in South Asia and 97 percent live in Islamic South Asia. It is also the 2,694,839th most commonly held forename internationally, held by 17 people.

The last name is most commonly held in Iran, where it is borne by 26 people, or 1 in 2,953,174. In Iran Niksh is primarily concentrated in: Hormozgan Province, where 31 percent live, Khuzestan Province, where 31 percent live and Razavi Khorasan Province, where 27 percent live. Other than Iran it occurs in 2 countries. It also occurs in India, where 16 percent live and The United States, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niksch91388/
Nikshe91244/
Nikcsh910/
Niks891,036/
Nicksch83155/
Nieksch831/
Niksche831/
Nicks807,115/
Nikse80111/
Niksz8055/
Naiks8022/
Nijks8012/
Nigsh804/
Nuksh803/
Neiks802/
Nieks801/
Niecksch772/
Nigsch73565/
Neikes73534/
Nickse7367/
Naikes7339/
Nicshe734/
Nijkes734/
Noikes732/
Nicksz731/
Nichks731/
Nieksz731/
Nukhsh731/
Niegsh731/
Niksse731/
Naicks731/
Niegsch67230/
Nyks67228/
Neks67103/
Näks6766/
Nigs6735/
Nikz6723/
Nikç6722/
Nixs6712/
Naikese676/
Nikš675/
Nuks675/
Nixh674/
Niksova674/
Neigsch672/
Niqs671/
Nikhche671/

Niksh Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Niksh in the Hindi language
निकषnikasa-
Niksh in the Marathi language
िकेशikesa-
Niksh in the Russian language
Никшniks-

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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 Niksh
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