How common is the surname Nicely?

4,789 people in the United States had the surname Nicely in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,470 Americans. It ranked 6,998th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Nicely getting more or less common?

More common. 4,635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,789 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Nicely

A surname, carried by 4,789 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nicely is more common than 95.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,789 people named Nicely in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,470 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,635.

#6,998

rank among US surnames

4,789

people in 2010

1.6

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,715)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,989	Mowry	4,793	64,416
#6,993	O'Mara	4,792	64,429
#6,995	Gillispie	4,791	64,443
#6,998	Nicely	4,789	64,470
#6,999	Tyndall	4,786	64,510
#7,001	Fulk	4,785	64,524
#7,004	Southworth	4,783	64,551

Who is named Nicely

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

88% of people named Nicely identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 88%
Black (not Hispanic) 6.5%
Two or more races 2.1%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nicely

Nicely has the Soundex code N240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N240.

Questions

How common is the surname Nicely?: 4,789 people in the United States had the surname Nicely in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,470 Americans. It ranked 6,998th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nicely?: In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Nicely identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Nicely getting more or less common?: More common. 4,635 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,789 in 2010, up 3.3%.