How rare is the last name Nickel?

7,681 people in the United States have the last name Nickel, about 1 in 38,914. It ranks #4,479 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census, tied with 3 others.

last name

NICKEL

#4,479

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,681
About
1 in 38,914
This common or more
57.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,681 people with the last name Nickel, 92.8% reported their origin as White, 3% as two or more races and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Exactly as common as Nickel

3 other last names also have 7,681 people.

#4,479 Hefner · 7,681#4,479 Lum · 7,681#4,479 Siler · 7,681

Either side of Nickel

#4,479 Hefner · 7,681#4,479 Lum · 7,681#4,479 Siler · 7,681#4,483 Oden · 7,678

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,937 Nickell · 5,584#27,169 Nikkel · 941#38,939 Nickol · 611#76,478 Nickl · 271#108,494 Nikel · 174

Also a first name

As a first name, Nickel ranks #42,079 of 53,615, with 172 people. See Nickel as a first name

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