Nikula

Nikula is a Finnish surname.

Geographical distribution
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:
 * 1. Central Ostrobothnia (1:481)
 * 2. North Ostrobothnia (1:615)
 * 3. Lapland (1:1,025)
 * 4. Åland (1:1,196)
 * 5. Kymenlaakso (1:1,295)
 * 6. Southwest Finland (1:2,004)

Notable people

 * Jone Nikula (born 1970), Finnish television and radio personality
 * Paavo Nikula (born 1942), Finnish politician
 * Pentti Nikula (born 1939), Finnish pole vaulter
 * Riitta Nikula (born 1944), Finnish art historian