Surname Checker / Nicholas
How Common Is the Last Name Nicholas?
Estimated U.S. bearers of the surname Nicholas today
30,916
Ranked #1,258 of 162,254 published surnames · 9.47 per 100,000 Americans (2010 Census) · 27,922 bearers counted in 2010, scaled to today's population.
Ancestry breakdown reported in the 2010 Census
White
73.29%
Black
17.12%
Asian / Pacific Islander
1.22%
Hispanic
4.24%
Percentages are the Census Bureau's published figures for surname bearers in 2010. Figures are estimates from public records — see the methodology page.