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    The surname Nikolic

    A Serbo-Croatian surname, carried by 1,042 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex N242

    Nikolic: #24,137 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Nikolic #24,137, 1,042 people Nikolic: #24,137 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Nikolic #24,137, 1,042 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nikolic is more common than 85.1% of them.

    Origin

    Serbo-Croatian origin

    From Serbo-Croatian Nikolić.

    One of 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,042 people named Nikolic in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. That is up 29% since 2000, when the Census counted 805.

    #24,137
    rank among US surnames
    1,042
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +29.4%
    change since 2000 (was #28,028)

    Who is named Nikolic

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

    97% of people named Nikolic identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
    • Two or more races 0.7%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Nikolics

    7 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Tomislav Nikolić
      4th President of the Republic of Serbia, born 1952
    • Predrag Nikolić
      Bosnian chess player, born 1960
    • Aleksandar Nikolić
      Basketball player and coach (1924–2000)
    • Milena Nikolić
      Bosnian association football player (born 1992)
    • Stevo Nikolić
      Bosnian association football player, born 1984
    • Miodrag Nikolić
      Basketball player (1938–2005)
    • Dušan Nikolić
      Association football player (1953-2018)

    Notable Nikolics come mostly from Yugoslavia (3), Bosnia and Herzegovina (2) and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia (1).

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    Surnames that sound like Nikolic

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

    Other Serbo-Croatian surnames

    All 26 Serbo-Croatian surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nikolic come from?
    From Serbo-Croatian Nikolić.
    How common is the surname Nikolic?
    1,042 people in the United States had the surname Nikolic in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 296,301 Americans. It ranked 24,137th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nikolic?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Nikolic identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Nikolic?
    Tomislav Nikolić, 4th President of the Republic of Serbia, followed by Predrag Nikolić.
    Where is the surname Nikolic most common?
    Wikidata records people named Nikolic in Yugoslavia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Federal Republic of Yugoslavia and 1 other country.
    Is the surname Nikolic getting more or less common?
    More common. 805 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,042 in 2010, up 29%.