How common is the surname Nicosia?

2,894 people in the United States had the surname Nicosia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,685 Americans. It ranked 10,987th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nicosia?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nicosia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Nicosia getting more or less common?

More common. 2,796 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,894 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Nicosia

A surname, carried by 2,894 people in the United States.

4 syllables Soundex N220

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nicosia is more common than 93.2% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,894 people named Nicosia in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 106,685 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,796.

#10,987

rank among US surnames

2,894

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,527)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,979	Lucier	2,897	106,574
#10,983	Mirabal	2,896	106,611
#10,986	Repp	2,895	106,648
#10,987	Locker	2,894	106,685
#10,993	Chupp	2,893	106,722

Who is named Nicosia

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

94% of people named Nicosia identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.9%
Two or more races 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nicosia

Nicasio

Nicosia has the Soundex code N220, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N220.

Questions

How common is the surname Nicosia?: 2,894 people in the United States had the surname Nicosia in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 106,685 Americans. It ranked 10,987th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nicosia?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nicosia identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Nicosia getting more or less common?: More common. 2,796 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,894 in 2010, up 3.5%.