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All over the world, Nykyfor (Никифор , Nykyfor ) is quite a rare masculine given name. The first name Nykyfor is habitual in Bulgaria, where it is quite a common male name, Kazakhstan, where it is quite a rare masculine name, and Ukraine. In absolute terms, it is commonest in Eastern Europe, particularly Bulgaria, Russia, and Ukraine. Very seldom, Nykyfor is the last name as well as the forename.
Nykyfor 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.