# Nickles (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/nickles/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 4,634 |
| US rank (2010) | 7,205 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 66,626 people |
| Change since 2000 | +18% (3,931 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nickles in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 78% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 15% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 0.5% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nickles in the United States.

## People named Nickles

- Don Nickles, American businessperson, former Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma
- Bubba Nickles, American softball player

## Similar surnames

Nicolas, Nickels, Nuckols, Nicolosi, Nicklas, Nickols, Nicolls, Nichols, Nicholson, Nicholas, Nicholls, Nickelson.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.