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Around the world, Nicefor (Никифор , Νικηφόρος , Nicefor ) is quite a rare masculine given name. The first name Nicefor is habitual in Bulgaria, where it is quite a common masculine name, Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Ukraine. Measured by absolute frequency, it most frequently occurs in Eastern Europe, particularly Bulgaria, Russia, and Ukraine. Very seldom, Nicefor is the last name as well as the forename.
VARIANT | COUNTRY |
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Никифор | Kazakhstan, Belarus, Ukraine, Russia, Bulgaria |
Νικηφόρος | Greece |
Nicefor | Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, Germany, Poland |
Nicephorus, Nicéforo, and Nicéphore
Nicefor 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.