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    The surname Nickelson

    A surname, carried by 3,664 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex N242

    Nickelson: #8,936 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nickelson #8,936, 3,664 people Nickelson: #8,936 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nickelson #8,936, 3,664 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nickelson is more common than 94.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,664 people named Nickelson in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 84,265 Americans. That is up 26% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,909.

    #8,936
    rank among US surnames
    3,664
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +26%
    change since 2000 (was #10,176)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #8,928Weigand3,66684,219
    #8,934Godin3,66584,242
    #8,936Nickelson3,66484,265
    #8,938Galligan3,66384,288
    #8,939Cram3,66284,311
    #8,941Zhen3,66184,334
    #8,944Koger3,66084,357

    Who is named Nickelson

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

    76% of people named Nickelson identified as white (not Hispanic), 19% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 76%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 19%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nickelson

    Nickelson 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 Nickelson?
    3,664 people in the United States had the surname Nickelson in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 84,265 Americans. It ranked 8,936th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nickelson?
    In the 2010 Census, 76% of people named Nickelson identified as white (not Hispanic), and 19% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Nickelson getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,909 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,664 in 2010, up 26%.