McNichol Surname

165,900th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 2,610 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey

McNichol Surname Definition:

(Celtic + Greek) Son of Nic(h)ol, a diminutive of Nic(h)olas, q.v.

McNichol Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,9481:186,06718,519
Canada6561:56,1676,639
England4741:117,54911,971
Australia1451:186,17718,652
Jamaica491:58,5703,174
Scotland291:184,61410,113
Guyana171:44,8374,218
Wales111:281,32115,850
Northern Ireland101:184,5049,341
Guernsey41:16,1101,225
Thailand41:17,659,586685,799
New Zealand31:1,509,44147,971
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
Spain21:23,376,018128,922
Jersey11:99,2026,620
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Haiti11:10,683,90724,607
Trinidad and Tobago11:1,363,97522,013
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland861:51,5104,301
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1711:142,54612,796
Scotland831:45,0993,253
Isle of Man21:27,1351,659
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3261:154,04514,218

McNichol (15) may also be a first name.

McNichol Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

(Celtic + Greek) Son of Nic(h)ol, a diminutive of Nic(h)olas, q.v.

Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

(Irish) The son of Nicholas (people's victory).

Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith

Contracted from MacNichol, 'Nicholas's Son'. It was formerly a common name in the Isle of Man, but has now almost disappeared.

Manx Names (1890) by Arthur William Moore

McNichol Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name McNichol Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname McNichol occurs most in The United States. It may be found in the variant forms:. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name McNichol? popularity and diffusion

The last name McNichol is the 165,900th most frequent last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 2,792,163 people. The surname McNichol occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 102 percent of McNichol live; 100 percent live in North America and 100 percent live in Anglo-North America. It is also the 2,900,335th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 15 people.

McNichol is most frequently occurring in The United States, where it is borne by 1,948 people, or 1 in 186,067. In The United States it is most common in: Pennsylvania, where 25 percent reside, New York, where 12 percent reside and New Jersey, where 6 percent reside. Apart from The United States it is found in 25 countries. It is also common in Canada, where 25 percent reside and England, where 18 percent reside.

McNichol Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of McNichol has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the McNichol last name expanded 598 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 277 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it declined 65 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it declined 99 percent between 1901 and 2014.

McNichol Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those holding the last name is chiefly Catholic (91%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the McNichol surname are 13.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 60.75% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount McNichol earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 13.74% more than the national average, earning $49,076 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.91% less than the national average, earning $48,238 CAD per year.

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McNichol Reference & Research

Nicholson FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.

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