How common is the surname Nicoll?

2,503 people in the United States had the surname Nicoll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,350 Americans. It ranked 12,421st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nicoll?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Nicoll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Nicoll?

Henry Nicoll, British equestrian.

Where is the surname Nicoll most common?

Wikidata records people named Nicoll in the United Kingdom.

Is the surname Nicoll getting more or less common?

More common. 2,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,503 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Nicoll

An English patronymic surname, carried by 2,503 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). Nicoll is more common than 92.3% of them.

Origin

English origin

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

Nicoll 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 2,503 people named Nicoll in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 123,350 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,233.

#12,421

rank among US surnames

2,503

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+12.1%

change since 2000 (was #12,703)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,417	Vanetten	2,504	123,301
#12,421	Nicoll	2,503	123,350
#12,423	Ju	2,502	123,399
#12,426	Fellers	2,501	123,449
#12,429	Nolin	2,500	123,498

Who is named Nicoll

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

92% of people named Nicoll identified as white (not Hispanic), 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 4.8%
Two or more races 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nicolls

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Henry Nicoll
British equestrian, 1908–1999

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nicoll

Nicoll 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 Nicoll come from?: One of the variant spellings of Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas.
How common is the surname Nicoll?: 2,503 people in the United States had the surname Nicoll in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 123,350 Americans. It ranked 12,421st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nicoll?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Nicoll identified as white (not Hispanic), and 4.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Nicoll?: Henry Nicoll, British equestrian.
Where is the surname Nicoll most common?: Wikidata records people named Nicoll in the United Kingdom.
What type of surname is Nicoll?: Nicoll is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Nicoll getting more or less common?: More common. 2,233 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,503 in 2010, up 12%.