Kikas

surname · Latin script

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/kɪkəz/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Kikas is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 46K(measured from records)
  • HRCroatia1 in 176K
  • SESweden1 in 729K

carrying the name, as counted by each country's national register. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Finland (measured from records)

122 people

Sources
34 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

1 in 46K (inferred from the name graph)

Finland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

recorded in Lithuanian

Galbūt pravardinė, sietina su liet. kikas, kikis „kiaušinis“ (LKŽ V 766, 769). Dėl semantikos žr. Kiaušinis.

Sources 1

  • Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

Where in the world(measured from records)

Kikas counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Kikas is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland1221 in 46K122—3
HR Croatia241 in 176K24——
PL Poland191 in 2M10——
SE Sweden141 in 729K14—2
DK Denmark41 in 1.5M4——

122 people counted by DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup). Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup); DZS — Imena i prezimena (per-token lookup form); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames); Danmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Kikas is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Portugal, Angola, Estonia, United States

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Kikaš

  • French surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, Estonia

    Also written Kîkãs

  • Hindi surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Estonia

    Also written Kikaš

  • Greek surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Greece, Cyprus, United States

    Also written Kikkas, Κικας, Κίκας

  • Russian surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Estonia, Finland

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Кикас, Кікас

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Kikaš

22 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Kikas is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Lithuanian, Galbūt pravardinė, sietina su liet. kikas, kikis „kiaušinis“ (LKŽ V 766, 769). Dėl semantikos žr. Kiaušinis.

    as a wordVanagas, Lietuvių pavardžių žodynas (Dictionary of Lithuanian Surnames)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1850190019502000Lea Kikas, b. 1887Juhan Kikas, b. 1892Oskar Kikas, b. 1894Valve Kikas, b. 1914Verner Kikas, b. 1916Jaak Kikas, b. 1949Eve Kikas, b. 1955Ave Kikas, b. 1968Tiit Kikas, b. 1975
  • Lea Kikasb. 1887EEEstonian opera singer (1887-1995)
  • Juhan Kikasb. 1892EEEstonian weightlifter (1892-1944)
  • Oskar Kikasb. 1894EEEstonian photographer (1894-?)
  • Valve Kikasb. 1914EEEstonian civil engineer and technologist (1914-1991)
  • Verner Kikasb. 1916EEEstonian engineering scientist (1916-2000)
  • Jaak Kikasb. 1949EEEstonian physicist and photographer (born 1949)
  • Eve Kikasb. 1955EEEstonian psychologist (born 1955)
  • Ave Kikasb. 1968EEEstonian agronomist and gardener (born 1968)
  • Tiit Kikasb. 1975EEEstonian musician and composer (born 1975)
  • Vallo KikasEEEstonian musician, record producer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Mr Kikas,
InformalHi Kikas,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 11 sources across 5 countries.

Official registers attesting Kikas
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—122#10,978
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—14#31,882
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)202610—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—10#134,269
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (surnames)20269—
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—9#143,536
DK DenmarkDanmarks Statistik — Hvor mange hedder...? (living-population name counts)—4#74,144

Reference works 4

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Kikas?
A machine transcription gives /kɪkəz/ (IPA) for English.
In which country does Kikas have the most bearers?
In Finland, the national register counted about 122 people named Kikas, more than in any other country we hold.
Where is Kikas most common?
Kikas is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 46 thousand people carrying it.
How common is the name Kikas?
In Finland, the national register counted 122 people named Kikas, about 1 in 46 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Kikas”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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