How Many People Have the Last Name Nicholas?
people had the surname Nicholas in the 2010 US Census
About 1 in 10,560 people in the Census had this surname
Source: Census Bureau surname list
Surname Rank
Of 162,253 surnames
Per 100,000 People
In 2010
Largest Group
White
Change Since 2000
+1,294 people
👥 Race and Hispanic Origin
Most people with the surname Nicholas (73.3%) are non-Hispanic White. The next largest group, 17.1%, are non-Hispanic Black. Among surnames where most people are non-Hispanic White, Nicholas ranks #935. From 2000 to 2010, the non-Hispanic White share fell from 76.6% to 73.3%.
📈 Change Since 2000
Nicholas grew from 26,628 people in 2000 to 27,922 in 2010 (up 4.9%), and its rank fell from #1,205 to #1,258. The population grew faster, so its share still fell, from 9.87 to 9.47 people per 100,000.
| 2000 | 2010 | |
|---|---|---|
| People | 26,628 | 27,922 |
| Rank | #1,205 | #1,258 |
| Per 100,000 people | 9.87 | 9.47 |
🏆 Surnames Ranked Near Nicholas
🔊 Surnames That Sound Alike
Same Soundex code as Nicholas: N242
👤 Nicholas as a First Name
Nicholas is a first name too: about 843,187 people alive in the US today have it as a first name, an estimate from Social Security birth records.
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