Nicolaes Surname

532,873rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 606 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Moldova

Nicolaes Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nicolaes Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands2191:77,11013,022
Belgium2141:53,7238,755
Moldova1191:29,9274,795
Romania271:743,62550,353
Germany71:11,500,780305,602
United States61:60,409,8221,028,827
Cuba41:2,880,67910,064
France31:22,140,907385,998
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Russia11:144,123,056881,408
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Switzerland11:8,212,915156,297

Nicolaes (15) may also be a first name.

Nicolaes Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nicolaes occurs more in The Netherlands more than any other country or territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nicolaes? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nicolaes is the 532,873rd most commonly occurring last name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 12,025,653 people. The surname Nicolaes occurs predominantly in Europe, where 98 percent of Nicolaes live; 73 percent live in Western Europe and 70 percent live in Germanic Europe. It is also the 2,900,335th most commonly used given name worldwide It is held by 15 people.

This last name is most common in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 219 people, or 1 in 77,110. In The Netherlands it is mostly concentrated in: Limburg, where 80 percent reside, North Brabant, where 10 percent reside and Gelderland, where 7 percent reside. Apart from The Netherlands it occurs in 13 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 35 percent reside and Moldova, where 20 percent reside.

Nicolaes Last Name Statistics demography

Nicolaes earn a lot less than the average income. In United States they earn 40.25% less than the national average, earning $25,781 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
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Nicolaes
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