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The surname McNichols

A surname, carried by 2,181 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex M252

McNichols: #13,855 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer McNichols #13,855, 2,181 people McNichols: #13,855 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez McNichols #13,855, 2,181 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). McNichols is more common than 91.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,181 people named McNichols in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,561 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,115.

#13,855
rank among US surnames
2,181
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+3.1%
change since 2000 (was #13,233)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#13,850Winer2,182141,497
#13,855Brenes2,181141,561
#13,862Driggs2,180141,626

Who is named McNichols

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

86% of people named McNichols identified as white (not Hispanic), 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 86%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 9.1%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like McNichols

McNichols has the Soundex code M252, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code M252.

Questions

How common is the surname McNichols?
2,181 people in the United States had the surname McNichols in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,561 Americans. It ranked 13,855th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname McNichols?
In the 2010 Census, 86% of people named McNichols identified as white (not Hispanic), and 9.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname McNichols getting more or less common?
More common. 2,115 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,181 in 2010, up 3.1%.