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Where Does The Last Name Nicolai Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Nicolai is most common in Germany. It can be found as a variant: Nicolaï or Nicolaî. Click here to see other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nicolai? ^{popularity and diffusion}

The surname is the 31,481^st most prevalent last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 429,792 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 72 percent of Nicolai live; 59 percent live in Western Europe and 46 percent live in Germanic Europe. Nicolai is also the 18,721^st most frequently occurring first name world-wide, borne by 49,309 people.

The surname Nicolai is most common in Germany, where it is held by 5,434 people, or 1 in 14,815. In Germany Nicolai is most common in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 15 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 12 percent are found and Thuringia, where 11 percent are found. Not including Germany this last name exists in 66 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 16 percent are found and France, where 13 percent are found.

Nicolai Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The frequency of Nicolai has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nicolai surname rose 1,251 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it rose 800 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Nicolai Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Nicolai surname are 12.57% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 59.34% being registered with the 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.