In the entire world, Никифор (Niceforo 
, Никифор 
, Nikifor 
, along with others...) is quite a common male given name. The given name Никифор is habitual in Bulgaria, where it is quite a common boy's name, Equatorial Guinea, where it is quite a rare boy's name, and Peru. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Mexico, Bulgaria, and Russia. Also, Никифор is the last name as well as the forename.
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| Niceforo | Mexico, Spain, Peru, Philippines, Argentina |
| Никифор | Kazakhstan, Ukraine, Belarus, Bulgaria, Russia |
| Nikifor | Spain, Bulgaria, United States, Peru, Argentina |
| Nicephorus | United Kingdom, Turkey, Tanzania |
| Nikephoros | United States, Turkey |
Никифор is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Nikifor Lyapis-Trubetskoy , the fictional character in Ilf and Petrov's novel The Twelve Chairs.
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никифор i Roman emperor, BG (b. 760) |
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| никифор медынский RU (b. 1500) |
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| никифор важеозерский RU (b. 1500) |
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алфери, никифор Church of England clergyman, RU (b. 1586) |
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| черниговский, никифор романович Polish noble, UA (b. 1650) |
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| вяземский, никифор кондратьевич RU (b. 1660) |
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| клеопин, никифор герасимович Russian engineer, RU (b. 1700) |
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мурзакевич, никифор адрианович RU (b. 1769) |
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| палибин, никифор львович RU (b. 1724) |
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| покровский, никифор фёдорович Russian scientist, UA (b. 1779) |
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| соломин, никифор иванович RU (b. 1770) |
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бардыгин, никифор михайлович RU (b. 1835) |
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| никифор максимовић RS (b. 1788) |
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| никифор лебедев Russian physician, RU (b. 1799) |
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| никифор иванович закревский (b. 1806) |
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