Cognomen Nikefor (Никифор 
, Νικηφόρος 
, Nikefor 
) , all over the world, is a rare last name. The surname Nikefor is habitual in Bulgaria, where it is quite a common surname, Kyrgyzstan, where it is a very rare surname, and Ukraine. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Eastern Europe, particularly Bulgaria, Russia, and Ukraine. More frequently, Nikefor is the forename as well as the last name.