Nicolaus Surname
Approximately 15,923 people bear this surname
Nicolaus Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanzania | 12,219 | 1:4,333 | 597 |
| Germany | 2,421 | 1:33,253 | 4,385 |
| United States | 628 | 1:577,164 | 47,275 |
| Brazil | 97 | 1:2,206,952 | 68,831 |
| Indonesia | 63 | 1:2,099,194 | 130,130 |
| Argentina | 60 | 1:712,390 | 48,679 |
| France | 59 | 1:1,125,809 | 120,603 |
| Lebanon | 56 | 1:100,662 | 5,997 |
| Belgium | 44 | 1:261,287 | 31,734 |
| Paraguay | 30 | 1:241,225 | 4,203 |
| Switzerland | 29 | 1:283,204 | 22,806 |
| Malaysia | 29 | 1:1,017,042 | 45,504 |
| Austria | 24 | 1:354,810 | 38,119 |
| Dominican Republic | 23 | 1:453,606 | 14,824 |
| Norway | 17 | 1:302,487 | 30,120 |
| England | 16 | 1:3,482,379 | 114,324 |
| Papua New Guinea | 15 | 1:543,581 | 66,712 |
| Hungary | 12 | 1:818,023 | 42,199 |
| Canada | 12 | 1:3,070,466 | 169,836 |
| Romania | 9 | 1:2,230,874 | 54,437 |
| Namibia | 8 | 1:301,175 | 10,197 |
| Italy | 7 | 1:8,736,670 | 118,213 |
| Australia | 6 | 1:4,499,284 | 146,780 |
| South Africa | 6 | 1:9,029,617 | 189,736 |
| India | 4 | 1:191,766,346 | 1,073,940 |
| Russia | 4 | 1:36,030,764 | 577,589 |
| Fiji | 4 | 1:223,598 | 2,635 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Poland | 2 | 1:19,004,374 | 199,659 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1:4,581,136 | 93,443 |
| Thailand | 2 | 1:35,319,172 | 966,191 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Syria | 1 | 1:19,301,022 | 22,457 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Georgia | 1 | 1:3,745,545 | 47,852 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Greece | 1 | 1:11,079,790 | 145,225 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 131 | 1:383,349 | 28,717 |
Nicolaus (18,448) may also be a first name.
Nicolaus Demographics
Average Nicolaus Salary in
United States
$45,399 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nicolaus Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nicolaus Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nicolaus (Arabic: نيقولاوس) has its highest incidence in Tanzania. It can also be found in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Nicolaus click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nicolaus? popularity and diffusion
Nicolaus is the 33,358th most widely held surname internationally It is held by around 1 in 457,674 people. This surname occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Nicolaus live; 77 percent live in East Africa and 77 percent live in East Bantu Africa. Nicolaus is also the 40,112th most frequently held first name globally. It is borne by 18,448 people.
The last name is most frequently used in Tanzania, where it is held by 12,219 people, or 1 in 4,333. In Tanzania Nicolaus is mostly concentrated in: Kagera Region, where 27 percent reside, Kigoma Region, where 9 percent reside and Dar es Salaam Region, where 7 percent reside. Barring Tanzania this surname is found in 42 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 15 percent reside and The United States, where 4 percent reside.
Nicolaus Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Nicolaus has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Nicolaus surname rose 479 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Nicolaus Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is chiefly Greek Orthodox (90%) in Lebanon.
In The United States those holding the Nicolaus surname are 21.98% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 68.75% being registered with the party.
The amount Nicolaus earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 118.64% more than the national average, earning 756,681 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 27.26% less than the national average, earning R 172,860 per year; in United States they earn 5.21% more than the national average, earning $45,399 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.38% more than the national average, earning $54,344 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nicolaus Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nicolaus in the Arabic language | ||
| نيقولاوس | nyqwlaws | - |
| نقولاوس | nqwlaws | - |
| نيكولاوس | nykwlaws | - |
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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 Nicolaus
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