How rare is the last name Nicolas?

9,318 people in the United States have the last name Nicolas, about 1 in 32,078. It ranks #3,707 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

NICOLAS

#3,707

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,318
About
1 in 32,078
This common or more
55%
Who bears it

Of the 9,318 people with the last name Nicolas, 33.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 29.6% as Black and 18.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Nicolas

#3,705 Whitworth · 9,323#3,706 Keeton · 9,320#3,708 Andre · 9,317#3,708 Jurado · 9,317

Spelled almost the same

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

#206 Nichols · 136,692#1,378 Nicholas · 25,235#5,801 Nicholls · 5,750#8,272 Nickles · 3,835#14,592 Nicolosi · 1,960#15,885 Nicklas · 1,765#17,715 Nicholes · 1,556#21,315 Nickols · 1,251

Also a first name

As a first name, Nicolas ranks #552 of 53,615, with 99,604 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2003, with 3,012 births. See Nicolas as a first name

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