How common is the surname Nicolosi?

2,098 people in the United States had the surname Nicolosi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,162 Americans. It ranked 14,274th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nicolosi?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nicolosi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Nicolosi?

Joseph Nicolosi, American clinical psychologist (1947–2017).

Where is the surname Nicolosi most common?

Wikidata records people named Nicolosi in the United States.

Is the surname Nicolosi getting more or less common?

More common. 2,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,098 in 2010, up 1.5%.

The surname Nicolosi

An Italian surname, carried by 2,098 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex N242

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nicolosi is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

Italian origin

Borrowed from Italian Nicolosi, Italianization of Sicilian Niculosi.

One of 798 Italian surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,098 people named Nicolosi in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,162 Americans. That is up 1.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,066.

#14,274

rank among US surnames

2,098

people in 2010

0.7

per 100,000 Americans

+1.5%

change since 2000 (was #13,496)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#14,267	Petrus	2,100	147,022
#14,268	Devaughn	2,099	147,092
#14,274	Gillian	2,098	147,162
#14,279	Wiersma	2,097	147,232

Who is named Nicolosi

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

95% of people named Nicolosi identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.1% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 1.1%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nicolosis

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joseph Nicolosi
American clinical psychologist (1947–2017)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nicolosi

Nicolosi has the Soundex code N242, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N242.

Other Italian surnames

All 798 Italian surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Nicolosi come from?: Borrowed from Italian Nicolosi, Italianization of Sicilian Niculosi.
How common is the surname Nicolosi?: 2,098 people in the United States had the surname Nicolosi in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,162 Americans. It ranked 14,274th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nicolosi?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nicolosi identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Nicolosi?: Joseph Nicolosi, American clinical psychologist (1947–2017).
Where is the surname Nicolosi most common?: Wikidata records people named Nicolosi in the United States.
Is the surname Nicolosi getting more or less common?: More common. 2,066 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,098 in 2010, up 1.5%.