# Nikolic (surname)

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

A surname from Serbo-Croatian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Serbo-Croatian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,042 |
| US rank (2010) | 24,137 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 296,301 people |
| Change since 2000 | +29% (805 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Serbo-Croatian Nikolić.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nikolic 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) | 97% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 1.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nikolic in Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and Kingdom of the Netherlands.

## People named Nikolic

- Tomislav Nikolić, 4th President of the Republic of Serbia
- Predrag Nikolić, Bosnian chess player
- Aleksandar Nikolić, basketball player and coach (1924–2000)
- Milena Nikolić, Bosnian association football player (born 1992)
- Stevo Nikolić, Bosnian association football player
- Miodrag Nikolić, basketball player (1938–2005)
- Dušan Nikolić, association football player (1953-2018)

## Similar surnames

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

## 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.