How common is the last name Nicholas?

25,235 people in the United States have the last name Nicholas, about 1 in 11,845. It ranks #1,378 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

NICHOLAS

#1,378

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
25,235
About
1 in 11,845
This common or more
43.4%
Who bears it

Of the 25,235 people with the last name Nicholas, 68.8% reported their origin as White, 18.7% as Black and 5.2% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Nicholas

#1,376 Burris · 25,269#1,377 Nieto · 25,256#1,379 Bingham · 25,224#1,380 Goss · 25,218

Spelled almost the same

8 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nicholas, most common first.

#206 Nichols · 136,692#3,707 Nicolas · 9,318#5,801 Nicholls · 5,750#15,885 Nicklas · 1,765#17,715 Nicholes · 1,556#21,315 Nickols · 1,251#44,477 Nicolls · 520#45,303 Nicols · 509

Also a first name

As a first name, Nicholas ranks #49 of 53,615, with 711,305 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1995, with 29,216 births. See Nicholas as a first name

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