How common is the last name Nicholson?

55,506 people in the United States have the last name Nicholson, about 1 in 5,385. It ranks #592 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

NICHOLSON

#592

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
55,506
About
1 in 5,385
This common or more
33.8%
Who bears it

Of the 55,506 people with the last name Nicholson, 71.9% reported their origin as White, 18.7% as Black and 4.5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Nicholson

#590 Briggs · 55,710#591 Ho · 55,533#593 Larsen · 55,235#594 Houston · 55,138

Spelled almost the same

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

#206 Nichols · 136,692#10,271 Nickelson · 2,986#22,987 Nichelson · 1,144#39,103 Nicolson · 608#49,150 Nickolson · 463#93,282 Nicholsen · 211

Also a first name

As a first name, Nicholson ranks #29,557 of 53,615, with 299 people. See Nicholson as a first name

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