Nickles Surname

83,294th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,814 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Saint Lucia

Nickles Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nickles Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States5,1761:70,0278,128
Germany2001:402,52737,103
France1441:461,26965,815
Canada1211:304,50928,133
England311:1,797,35772,927
New Zealand311:146,07517,002
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Papua New Guinea171:479,63060,627
Trinidad and Tobago131:104,9216,882
Singapore131:423,66918,211
Austria91:946,15970,786
Saint Lucia91:19,8651,494
Brazil81:26,759,292405,030
Panama41:978,06412,245
Poland21:19,004,374199,659
Italy21:30,578,344160,757
South Africa21:27,088,852277,613
Qatar11:2,357,99976,403
Malaysia11:29,494,225409,885
Philippines11:101,238,223404,861
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Afghanistan11:32,153,18360,828
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Ghana11:27,020,69223,742
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Belize11:355,4743,977
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland61:738,31121,113
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England1551:157,26013,677
Wales21:784,20816,349
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States1,1951:42,0244,909

The alternate forms: Nicklès (9) are calculated separately.

Nickles (208) may also be a first name.

Nickles Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nickles occurs most in The United States. It may be found as a variant: Nicklès. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nickles? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 83,294th most numerous family name on a worldwide basis, held by approximately 1 in 1,253,448 people. The last name Nickles occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 92 percent of Nickles live; 91 percent live in North America and 91 percent live in Anglo-North America. Nickles is also the 627,410th most frequently used first name throughout the world, borne by 208 people.

It is most widespread in The United States, where it is carried by 5,176 people, or 1 in 70,027. In The United States Nickles is most numerous in: Missouri, where 7 percent live, California, where 7 percent live and Ohio, where 7 percent live. Not including The United States this surname occurs in 29 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 3 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

Nickles Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Nickles has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Nickles surname increased 433 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 80 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Nickles Last Name Statistics demography

The religious adherence of those carrying the last name is predominantly Catholic (67%) in Ireland.

In The United States those holding the Nickles last name are 15.22% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.99% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Nickles earn in different countries varies marginally. In United States they earn 5.18% less than the national average, earning $40,912 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.36% less than the national average, earning $47,020 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nicklès959/
Nickless932,507/
Nickloes9346/
Nicklies9332/
Nicklesh931/
Nicklles931/
Nicklees931/
Nickleys930/
Nikles921,079/
Nicles92118/
Nickls923/
Nickels869,585/
Nuckles861,659/
Neckles86828/
Nicklis86206/
Nückles86110/
Niklesz8636/
Niklesh8615/
Niklets862/
Nikkles862/
Nicless862/
Nikleus861/
Niekles861/
Nikless861/
Niclles861/
Nickils860/
Niecles860/
Nicleds860/
Nicklesová821/
Nickells80485/
Nickliss8031/
Nieckels8020/
Nucklies8018/
Nickelsz8017/
Nikhlesh803/
Neckless801/
Nicklish801/
Nuckless801/
Nucklles801/
Naikeles801/
Nickiels801/
Nueckles801/
Nicklice800/
Neckkles800/
Niekless800/
Nickaels800/
Nicklise800/
Niclesch800/
Niclis77250/
Niklis77107/
Nikels7789/
Nykles7771/
Nekles7731/
Niklès7728/
Niklös7712/
Nukles7710/
Necles776/
Nikils773/
Niklje771/
Nicils771/
Niclls771/
Niklés771/
Nicels770/
Nicklisch751,028/
Nickleach7544/
Niklesová7521/
Niklesova7516/
Nikkels71733/
Nuckels71398/
Neckels71129/
Nichels7184/
Neklets7182/
Nuklies7138/
Nikhlis7114/
Niclais7110/
Niklisz716/
Nichils715/
Niklish713/
Nicells711/
Neekles711/
Nikells711/
Nikhlje711/
Neklesh711/
Nicills711/
Nucklls711/
Niclios710/
Neccles710/
Necklis710/
Nicaels710/
Niekels710/
Nuccles710/
Nucklis710/
Nicklich67167/
Nikellis6752/
Naikelis6742/
Nikellys674/
Nuckells674/
Niklisch674/
Nichills672/
Nichells671/
Nekls671/
Nuckills671/
Neckells670/

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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 Nickles
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