How common is the surname Nichol?

3,323 people in the United States had the surname Nichol in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,912 Americans. It ranked 9,754th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Nichol getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,323 in 2010, down 2.8%.

Is Nichol also a first name?

Yes. Nichol is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Nichol

A patronymic surname, carried by 3,323 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N240 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nichol is more common than 94% of them.

Origin

A Scottish and Irish surname transferred from the given name derived from the given name Nicholas.

Nichol is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,323 people named Nichol in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 92,912 Americans. That is down 2.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,418.

#9,754

rank among US surnames

3,323

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-2.8%

change since 2000 (was #8,826)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,745	Phoenix	3,326	92,828
#9,747	Frady	3,325	92,856
#9,751	Wash	3,324	92,884
#9,754	Latour	3,323	92,912
#9,756	Paynter	3,322	92,940
#9,760	Penton	3,321	92,968
#9,761	Struck	3,320	92,996

Who is named Nichol

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

91% of people named Nichol identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.5%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Nickol

Surnames that sound like Nichol

Nichol 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 Nichol?: 3,323 people in the United States had the surname Nichol in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 92,912 Americans. It ranked 9,754th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nichol?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Nichol identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
What type of surname is Nichol?: Nichol is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Nichol getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,418 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,323 in 2010, down 2.8%.
What are other spellings of Nichol?: Nickol.
Is Nichol also a first name?: Yes. Nichol is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.