As of 2014, 52.3% of all known bearers of the surname Nikula were residents of Finland (frequency 1:2,320), 25.6% of Ukraine (1:39,331), 6.4% of the United States (1:1,245,694), 4.3% of Sweden (1:50,756), 2.1% of Hungary (1:104,430), 1.3% of Canada (1:634,448), 1.3% of Russia (1:2,531,424) and 1.2% of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1:1,343,291).
In Finland, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:2,320) in the following regions: [2]
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Mattsson is a Swedish surname.
Saukkonen is a Finnish surname.
Wikström is a Swedish and Finnish surname.
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Salmela is a Finnish surname.
Tuomi is a Finnish surname.
Myllylä is a Finnish surname.
Pyykkö is a Finnish surname.
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