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    The surname Nuckolls

    A surname, carried by 1,524 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N242

    Nuckolls: #18,242 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nuckolls #18,242, 1,524 people Nuckolls: #18,242 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nuckolls #18,242, 1,524 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nuckolls is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    Unclear. Possibly ultimately from Nichols, a vernacular form of the given name Nicholas. Unlikely to be related to the noun "knuckles". A form of this name; "Knuckles", only seems to appear after the 17th century, thus the spelling could be influenced by the noun becoming a homophone with the name due to the loss of the initial /k/ consonant.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,524 people named Nuckolls in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 202,589 Americans. That is up 1.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,499.

    #18,242
    rank among US surnames
    1,524
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1.7%
    change since 2000 (was #17,370)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,237Shisler1,525202,456
    #18,242Makris1,524202,589
    #18,246Waltrip1,523202,722

    Who is named Nuckolls

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

    91% of people named Nuckolls identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 91%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Two or more races 2.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nuckolls

    Nuckolls 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 Nuckolls come from?
    Unclear. Possibly ultimately from Nichols, a vernacular form of the given name Nicholas. Unlikely to be related to the noun "knuckles". A form of this name; "Knuckles", only seems to appear after the 17th century, thus the spelling could be influenced by the noun becoming a homophone with the name…
    How common is the surname Nuckolls?
    1,524 people in the United States had the surname Nuckolls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 202,589 Americans. It ranked 18,242nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nuckolls?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Nuckolls identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Nuckolls getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,499 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,524 in 2010, up 1.7%.