Nikus
surname · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/nɪkəs/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Nikus is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country.
- FIFinland1 in 98K(measured from records)
- SESweden1 in 2.6M
- NLNetherlands≈1 in 3.7M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Finland (measured from records)
- Sources
- 18 (measured from records)
- 1 in 98K (inferred from the name graph)
57 people
Highest-authority source
Finland
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Nikus 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.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | 57 | 1 in 98K | 57 | Nikus | 3 |
| NL Netherlands | ≈5 est. | ≈1 in 3.7M | 20 | — | 3 |
| US United States | ≈4 est. | ≈1 in 90M | — | Nikus | 18 |
| SE Sweden | 4 | 1 in 2.6M | 4 | — | 2 |
| CZ Czechia | — | — | 2 | — | — |
57 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); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population); MVČR — living population register 2017. 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 recorded senses(measured from records)
Nikus is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Estonian, inessive singular of nikk
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In vep, nowhere
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
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.
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 9 sources across 6 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FI Finland | DVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup) | — | 57 | #20,330 |
| SE Sweden | Skatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population) | — | 4 | #61,447 |
Reference works 1
- Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)
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 Nikus?
- A machine transcription gives /nɪkəs/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Nikus have the most bearers?
- In Finland, the national register counted about 57 people named Nikus, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled nikus.
- Where is Nikus most common?
- Nikus is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 98 thousand people carrying it.
- How common is the name Nikus?
- In Finland, the national register counted 57 people named Nikus, about 1 in 98 thousand residents.
What do you want to know about Nikus?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/nikusThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
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, “Nikus”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.