# Nicolls (surname)

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

A surname originating as a patronymic.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 421 |
| US rank (2010) | 49,824 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 733,362 people |
| Change since 2000 | -10.0% (468 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

One of the variant spellings of Nichols, from Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas + the suffix -s.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nicolls 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) | 88% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.1% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.8% |

## Similar surnames

Nicolas, Nickels, Nickles, Nuckols, Nicolosi, Nicklas, Nuckolls, Nickols, Nichols, Nicholson, Nicholas, Nicholls.

## 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.