Nicolai Surname
Approximately 16,956 people bear this surname
Nicolai Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,434 | 1:14,815 | 1,930 |
| United States | 2,677 | 1:135,397 | 14,182 |
| France | 2,245 | 1:29,587 | 3,618 |
| Netherlands | 2,020 | 1:8,360 | 1,041 |
| Brazil | 863 | 1:248,058 | 9,548 |
| Italy | 806 | 1:75,877 | 13,343 |
| Moldova | 581 | 1:6,130 | 951 |
| Romania | 561 | 1:35,789 | 4,561 |
| Argentina | 493 | 1:86,701 | 7,311 |
| Belgium | 292 | 1:39,372 | 6,445 |
| Australia | 224 | 1:120,517 | 13,272 |
| Canada | 154 | 1:239,257 | 22,811 |
| Switzerland | 73 | 1:112,506 | 11,658 |
| Mexico | 57 | 1:2,177,653 | 19,559 |
| Israel | 45 | 1:190,170 | 18,708 |
| Chile | 45 | 1:391,477 | 10,650 |
| South Africa | 39 | 1:1,389,172 | 74,222 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Spain | 36 | 1:1,298,668 | 42,856 |
| England | 32 | 1:1,741,189 | 71,393 |
| Thailand | 32 | 1:2,207,448 | 250,768 |
| Denmark | 28 | 1:201,597 | 16,538 |
| Russia | 19 | 1:7,585,424 | 283,555 |
| Uruguay | 17 | 1:201,868 | 16,060 |
| Austria | 15 | 1:567,696 | 52,281 |
| Norfolk Island | 13 | 1:177 | 26 |
| Egypt | 9 | 1:10,215,084 | 48,153 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| New Zealand | 8 | 1:566,040 | 34,598 |
| Luxembourg | 8 | 1:72,568 | 6,124 |
| Wales | 8 | 1:386,816 | 19,671 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 1:2,573,040 | 106,478 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Norway | 6 | 1:857,048 | 55,549 |
| Sweden | 5 | 1:1,969,351 | 134,077 |
| Poland | 5 | 1:7,601,750 | 167,855 |
| South Korea | 4 | 1:12,810,064 | 2,073 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Ireland | 3 | 1:1,569,646 | 17,286 |
| Bolivia | 2 | 1:5,308,217 | 12,400 |
| Turkey | 2 | 1:38,910,711 | 171,901 |
| Niger | 2 | 1:9,596,008 | 86,358 |
| Transnistria | 1 | 1:474,699 | 17,893 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Singapore | 1 | 1:5,507,703 | 47,049 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Taiwan | 1 | 1:23,444,746 | 93,622 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Dominican Republic | 1 | 1:10,432,932 | 36,508 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| Guam | 1 | 1:160,121 | 4,893 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Lithuania | 1 | 1:3,034,588 | 47,401 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Papua New Guinea | 1 | 1:8,153,717 | 181,784 |
| Paraguay | 1 | 1:7,236,746 | 16,511 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 4 | 1:6,093,842 | 135,151 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 214 | 1:234,667 | 19,701 |
The alternate forms: Nicolaï (401) & Nicolaî (1) are calculated separately.
Nicolai (49,309) may also be a first name.
Nicolai Demographics
Average Male Nicolai Height
176.44 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Nicolai Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nicolai Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nicolai has its highest incidence in Germany. It may appear as a variant: Nicolaï or Nicolaî. Click here for further possible spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nicolai? popularity and diffusion
It is the 31,481st most frequent last name at a global level It is held by around 1 in 429,792 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Nicolai are found; 59 percent are found in Western Europe and 46 percent are found in Germanic Europe. Nicolai is also the 18,721st most prevalent forename worldwide, borne by 49,309 people.
The surname is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 5,434 people, or 1 in 14,815. In Germany Nicolai is most numerous in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent reside and Thuringia, where 11 percent reside. Excluding Germany this surname is found in 66 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent reside and France, where 13 percent reside.
Nicolai Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The occurrence of Nicolai has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the surname grew 1,251 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nicolai Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Nicolai are 12.57% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.34% being registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Nicolai earn in different countries varies markedly. In Italy they earn 3.13% more than the national average, earning €30,970 per year; in Norway they earn 32.82% less than the national average, earning 232,500 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 4.99% more than the national average, earning R 249,504 per year; in United States they earn 9.8% more than the national average, earning $47,379 USD per year and in Canada they earn 0.41% less than the national average, earning $49,481 CAD 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
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