How common is the surname Nicol?

5,012 people in the United States had the surname Nicol in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,601 Americans. It ranked 6,729th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Nicol?

Donald Nicol, British Byzantinist (1923–2003), followed by Alex Nicol.

Where is the surname Nicol most common?

Wikidata records people named Nicol in the United Kingdom, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

Is the surname Nicol getting more or less common?

More common. 4,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,012 in 2010, up 3.3%.

The surname Nicol

An English patronymic surname, carried by 5,012 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N240

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nicol is more common than 95.9% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Nicol 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 5,012 people named Nicol in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 61,601 Americans. That is up 3.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,850.

#6,729

rank among US surnames

5,012

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

+3.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,454)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,725	Poff	5,021	61,491
#6,726	Peavy	5,016	61,552
#6,727	Stanek	5,014	61,577
#6,729	Gladney	5,012	61,601

Who is named Nicol

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

90% of people named Nicol identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 90%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.6%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
Two or more races 1.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nicols

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Donald Nicol
British Byzantinist (1923–2003)
Alex Nicol
Actor, film and television director (1916–2001)
Erskine Nicol
British artist (1825-1904)

Notable Nicols come mostly from the United Kingdom (1), the United States (1) and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nicol

Nicol 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 Nicol come from?: One of the variant spellings of Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas.
How common is the surname Nicol?: 5,012 people in the United States had the surname Nicol in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 61,601 Americans. It ranked 6,729th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nicol?: In the 2010 Census, 90% of people named Nicol identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.6% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Nicol?: Donald Nicol, British Byzantinist (1923–2003), followed by Alex Nicol.
Where is the surname Nicol most common?: Wikidata records people named Nicol in the United Kingdom, the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
What type of surname is Nicol?: Nicol is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Nicol getting more or less common?: More common. 4,850 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,012 in 2010, up 3.3%.