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    The surname Nickels

    A patronymic surname, carried by 4,949 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N242

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nickels is more common than 95.8% of them.

    Origin

    One of the variant spellings of Nichols, from Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas + the suffix -s.

    Nickels 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 4,949 people named Nickels in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,385 Americans. That is up 7.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,590.

    #6,814
    rank among US surnames
    4,949
    people in 2010
    1.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +7.8%
    change since 2000 (was #6,770)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #6,809Jefferies4,95362,335
    #6,811Toland4,95262,348
    #6,813Kurth4,95162,360
    #6,814Breckenridge4,94962,385

    Who is named Nickels

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

    92% of people named Nickels identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 92%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 4.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • 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

    Surnames that sound like Nickels

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

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nickels come from?
    One of the variant spellings of Nichols, from Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas + the suffix -s.
    How common is the surname Nickels?
    4,949 people in the United States had the surname Nickels in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,385 Americans. It ranked 6,814th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nickels?
    In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Nickels identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Nickels?
    Nickels is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Nickels getting more or less common?
    More common. 4,590 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,949 in 2010, up 7.8%.