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    The surname Nicholl

    An English patronymic surname, carried by 993 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N240

    Nicholl: #25,020 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Nicholl #25,020, 993 people Nicholl: #25,020 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Nicholl #25,020, 993 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nicholl is more common than 84.6% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

    One of the variant spellings of Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas.

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

    One of 1,446 English surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 993 people named Nicholl in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 310,922 Americans. That is down 17% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,193.

    #25,020
    rank among US surnames
    993
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    -16.8%
    change since 2000 (was #20,629)

    Who is named Nicholl

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

    95% of people named Nicholl identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nicholl

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

    Other English surnames

    All 1,446 English surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nicholl come from?
    One of the variant spellings of Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas.
    How common is the surname Nicholl?
    993 people in the United States had the surname Nicholl in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 310,922 Americans. It ranked 25,020th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nicholl?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nicholl identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    What type of surname is Nicholl?
    Nicholl is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Nicholl getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,193 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 993 in 2010, down 17%.