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    The surname Nicolls

    A patronymic surname, carried by 421 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N242

    Nicolls: #49,824 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Nicolls #49,824, 421 people Nicolls: #49,824 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Nicolls #49,824, 421 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nicolls is more common than 69.3% 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.

    Nicolls 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 421 people named Nicolls in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 733,362 Americans. That is down 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 468.

    #49,824
    rank among US surnames
    421
    people in 2010
    0.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    -10%
    change since 2000 (was #43,463)

    Who is named Nicolls

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

    88% of people named Nicolls identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 88%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nicolls

    Nicolls 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 Nicolls 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 Nicolls?
    421 people in the United States had the surname Nicolls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 733,362 Americans. It ranked 49,824th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nicolls?
    In the 2010 Census, 88% of people named Nicolls identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Nicolls?
    Nicolls is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Nicolls getting more or less common?
    Less common. 468 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 421 in 2010, down 10%.