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    The surname Nicholes

    A surname, carried by 1,675 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N242

    Nicholes: #16,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nicholes #16,968, 1,675 people Nicholes: #16,968 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nicholes #16,968, 1,675 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nicholes is more common than 89.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,675 people named Nicholes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 184,326 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,549.

    #16,968
    rank among US surnames
    1,675
    people in 2010
    0.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.1%
    change since 2000 (was #16,938)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #16,968Kintz1,675184,326
    #16,975Vanvliet1,674184,436

    Who is named Nicholes

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

    77% of people named Nicholes identified as white (not Hispanic), 17% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 77%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 17%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
    • Two or more races 2.3%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nicholes

    Nicholes has the Soundex code N242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N242.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Nicholes?
    1,675 people in the United States had the surname Nicholes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 184,326 Americans. It ranked 16,968th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nicholes?
    In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Nicholes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 17% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Nicholes getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,549 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,675 in 2010, up 8.1%.