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    The surname Nickols

    A patronymic surname, carried by 1,361 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N242

    Nickols: #19,774 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nickols #19,774, 1,361 people Nickols: #19,774 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nickols #19,774, 1,361 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nickols is more common than 87.8% 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.

    Nickols 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 1,361 people named Nickols in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 226,852 Americans. That is down 1.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,379.

    #19,774
    rank among US surnames
    1,361
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -1.3%
    change since 2000 (was #18,484)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,774Niswonger1,361226,852
    #19,782Casagrande1,360227,019

    Who is named Nickols

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

    83% of people named Nickols identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 83%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    • Two or more races 1.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    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 Nickols

    Nickols 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 Nickols 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 Nickols?
    1,361 people in the United States had the surname Nickols in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 226,852 Americans. It ranked 19,774th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nickols?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Nickols identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Nickols?
    Nickols is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Nickols getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,379 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,361 in 2010, down 1.3%.