How common is the surname Nice?

3,595 people in the United States had the surname Nice in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,882 Americans. It ranked 9,090th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nice?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nice identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Nice?

Margaret Morse Nice, American ornithologist (1883–1974), followed by Geoffrey Nice.

Where is the surname Nice most common?

Wikidata records people named Nice in the United States and the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Nice getting more or less common?

More common. 3,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,595 in 2010, up 7.0%.

The surname Nice

A French surname, carried by 3,595 people in the United States.

Pronounced /nis/ 1 syllable Soundex N200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nice is more common than 94.4% of them.

Origin

French origin

Borrowed from French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-ia”, suffix forming place names). It was named for a 4th-century-BCE victory of its colonizing Phocaean Greeks over local Ligurians, probably the Vediantii. Doublet of Iznik and Nicaea.

One of 791 French surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,595 people named Nice in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 85,882 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,361.

#9,090

rank among US surnames

3,595

people in 2010

1.2

per 100,000 Americans

+7%

change since 2000 (was #8,945)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,084	Polo	3,598	85,810
#9,085	Varnado	3,597	85,834
#9,088	Whitesell	3,596	85,858
#9,090	Nice	3,595	85,882
#9,092	Dart	3,594	85,906
#9,093	Rael	3,592	85,954

Who is named Nice

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

94% of people named Nice identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nices

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Margaret Morse Nice
American ornithologist (1883–1974)
Geoffrey Nice
British barrister and judge, born 1945

Notable Nices come mostly from the United States (1) and the United Kingdom (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nice

Nice has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

Other French surnames

All 791 French surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Nice come from?: Borrowed from French Nice, from Latin Nīcaea, from Ancient Greek Νῑ́καια (Nī́kaia), from νῑ́κη (nī́kē, “victory”) + -ῐᾰ (-ĭă, “-ia”, suffix forming place names). It was named for a 4th-century-BCE victory of its colonizing Phocaean Greeks over local Ligurians, probably the Vediantii. Doublet of…
How common is the surname Nice?: 3,595 people in the United States had the surname Nice in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 85,882 Americans. It ranked 9,090th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nice?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nice identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Nice?: Margaret Morse Nice, American ornithologist (1883–1974), followed by Geoffrey Nice.
Where is the surname Nice most common?: Wikidata records people named Nice in the United States and the United Kingdom.
How do you pronounce Nice?: Nice is /nis/, one syllable.
Is the surname Nice getting more or less common?: More common. 3,361 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,595 in 2010, up 7.0%.