Surname

Nichiforov

Nichiforov is a surname from Bulgarian. It is used in Romanian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Nichiforov comes from Bulgarian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Bulgarian Никифоров.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Nichiforov’s family of names

In Romanian usage, Nichiforov as a surname was borrowed from the Bulgarian form Никифоров.

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Bulgarian

Nikolov

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Ancient Greek

Nichifor

“victory” · “-bearing”

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Bulgarian

Nanov

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Bulgarian

Nikoloff

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Bulgarian

Ivanov

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Bulgarian

Nicolschi

Nicolschi is a surname from Bulgarian. It is used in Romanian.

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Bulgarian

Teodorov

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Bulgarian

Simeonov

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