Nicholsen Surname

926,175th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 285 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Faroe Islands

Nicholsen Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nicholsen Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2461:1,473,410100,696
South Africa181:3,009,872112,058
Australia81:3,374,463124,818
England41:13,929,515290,718
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Faroe Islands11:48,9982,049
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England151:1,625,02553,310
Scotland51:748,64318,576
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1851:271,45222,076

Nicholsen Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nicholsen has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also occur as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nicholsen? popularity and diffusion

It is the 926,175th most numerous last name at a global level, borne by around 1 in 25,570,337 people. It occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 87 percent of Nicholsen reside; 87 percent reside in North America and 87 percent reside in Anglo-North America.

This surname is most common in The United States, where it is held by 246 people, or 1 in 1,473,410. In The United States Nicholsen is primarily concentrated in: New York, where 20 percent reside, Florida, where 10 percent reside and California, where 9 percent reside. Excluding The United States this surname exists in 9 countries. It also occurs in South Africa, where 6 percent reside and Australia, where 3 percent reside.

Nicholsen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Nicholsen has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Nicholsen last name increased 133 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 73 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Nicholsen Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Nicholsen surname are 5.4% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 52.17% registered with the party.

The amount Nicholsen earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 82.62% less than the national average, earning R 41,292 per year and in United States they earn 12.76% more than the national average, earning $48,653 USD per year.

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nicholsen
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