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    The surname Nickles

    A surname, carried by 4,634 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N242

    Nickles: #7,205 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nickles #7,205, 4,634 people Nickles: #7,205 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nickles #7,205, 4,634 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nickles is more common than 95.6% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,634 people named Nickles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 66,626 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,931.

    #7,205
    rank among US surnames
    4,634
    people in 2010
    1.6
    per 100,000 Americans
    +17.9%
    change since 2000 (was #7,799)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,201Tryon4,63866,569
    #7,203Rigney4,63766,583
    #7,204Nord4,63566,612
    #7,205Nickles4,63466,626

    Who is named Nickles

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

    78% of people named Nickles identified as white (not Hispanic), 15% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

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

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Nickless

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Don Nickles
      American businessperson, former Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma, born 1948
    • Bubba Nickles
      American softball player, born 1998

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nickles

    Nickles 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 Nickles?
    4,634 people in the United States had the surname Nickles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 66,626 Americans. It ranked 7,205th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nickles?
    In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Nickles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 15% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Nickles?
    Don Nickles, American businessperson, former Republican United States Senator from Oklahoma, followed by Bubba Nickles.
    Where is the surname Nickles most common?
    Wikidata records people named Nickles in the United States.
    Is the surname Nickles getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,931 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,634 in 2010, up 18%.