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    The surname Nickle

    An English patronymic surname, carried by 2,185 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N240

    Nickle: #13,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nickle #13,834, 2,185 people Nickle: #13,834 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nickle #13,834, 2,185 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nickle is more common than 91.5% of them.

    Origin

    English origin

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

    Nickle 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 2,185 people named Nickle in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 141,302 Americans. That is up 11% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,961.

    #13,834
    rank among US surnames
    2,185
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.4%
    change since 2000 (was #14,084)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,830Gammons2,186141,238
    #13,834Balsamo2,185141,302
    #13,843Gardener2,184141,367

    Who is named Nickle

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

    90% of people named Nickle identified as white (not Hispanic), 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 90%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 5.2%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
    • Two or more races 1.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nickle

    Nickle 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 Nickle come from?
    One of the variant spellings of Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas.
    How common is the surname Nickle?
    2,185 people in the United States had the surname Nickle in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 141,302 Americans. It ranked 13,834th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nickle?
    In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Nickle identified as white (not Hispanic), and 5.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Nickle?
    Nickle is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Nickle getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,185 in 2010, up 11%.