How common is the surname Nickell?

5,855 people in the United States had the surname Nickell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,732 Americans. It ranked 5,894th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nickell?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nickell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Nickell getting more or less common?

More common. 5,564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,855 in 2010, up 5.2%.

The surname Nickell

An English patronymic surname, carried by 5,855 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). Nickell is more common than 96.4% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Nickell 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 5,855 people named Nickell in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 52,732 Americans. That is up 5.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,564.

#5,894

rank among US surnames

5,855

people in 2010

2.0

per 100,000 Americans

+5.2%

change since 2000 (was #5,714)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#5,889	Albano	5,860	52,687
#5,890	Plant	5,858	52,705
#5,892	McCaskill	5,857	52,714
#5,894	Theriault	5,855	52,732
#5,896	Mintz	5,853	52,750

Who is named Nickell

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

94% of people named Nickell identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.9%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nickell

Nickell 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 Nickell come from?: One of the variant spellings of Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas.
How common is the surname Nickell?: 5,855 people in the United States had the surname Nickell in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 52,732 Americans. It ranked 5,894th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nickell?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nickell identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
What type of surname is Nickell?: Nickell is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Nickell getting more or less common?: More common. 5,564 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,855 in 2010, up 5.2%.