Nicolay Surname
Approximately 7,100 people bear this surname
Nicolay Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1,488 | 1:54,103 | 7,030 |
| Belgium | 1,302 | 1:8,830 | 1,251 |
| United States | 1,203 | 1:301,296 | 27,772 |
| France | 1,059 | 1:62,722 | 8,580 |
| Brazil | 641 | 1:333,969 | 12,850 |
| Argentina | 278 | 1:153,753 | 12,988 |
| Netherlands | 156 | 1:108,251 | 17,376 |
| Luxembourg | 142 | 1:4,088 | 561 |
| Philippines | 134 | 1:755,509 | 74,327 |
| Canada | 116 | 1:317,634 | 29,153 |
| South Africa | 105 | 1:515,978 | 41,519 |
| Spain | 92 | 1:508,174 | 25,386 |
| Indonesia | 63 | 1:2,099,194 | 130,130 |
| Australia | 48 | 1:562,410 | 41,290 |
| Switzerland | 48 | 1:171,102 | 15,661 |
| Uruguay | 39 | 1:87,994 | 8,905 |
| England | 33 | 1:1,688,426 | 69,999 |
| Portugal | 28 | 1:372,080 | 12,265 |
| Chile | 14 | 1:1,258,320 | 22,898 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1:377,360 | 28,765 |
| Mexico | 11 | 1:11,284,200 | 41,789 |
| Northern Ireland | 11 | 1:167,731 | 8,683 |
| Paraguay | 8 | 1:904,593 | 9,127 |
| Denmark | 7 | 1:806,388 | 43,211 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 1:4,314,868 | 39,591 |
| Colombia | 6 | 1:7,962,345 | 23,614 |
| Russia | 6 | 1:24,020,509 | 493,300 |
| Italy | 5 | 1:12,231,338 | 126,430 |
| Mali | 4 | 1:4,242,259 | 2,433 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Ecuador | 2 | 1:7,952,923 | 34,269 |
| Scotland | 2 | 1:2,676,908 | 51,579 |
| Jamaica | 1 | 1:2,869,947 | 13,896 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Falkland Islands | 1 | 1:3,132 | 317 |
| Uganda | 1 | 1:39,039,279 | 258,887 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Thailand | 1 | 1:70,638,345 | 1,175,915 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Romania | 1 | 1:20,077,870 | 89,414 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 12 | 1:2,031,281 | 60,933 |
| Scotland | 4 | 1:935,804 | 21,348 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:1,568,416 | 19,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 135 | 1:371,990 | 28,019 |
The alternate forms: Nicolaÿ (17) are calculated separately.
Nicolay (1,657) may also be a first name.
Nicolay Demographics
Average Male Nicolay Height
177.56 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Nicolay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nicolay Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nicolay occurs in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant: Nicolaÿ. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nicolay? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nicolay is the 69,710th most frequently held last name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,026,415 people. The surname Nicolay occurs predominantly in Europe, where 62 percent of Nicolay are found; 59 percent are found in Western Europe and 31 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 189,202nd most frequently held first name internationally It is held by 1,657 people.
It is most commonly held in Germany, where it is held by 1,488 people, or 1 in 54,103. In Germany Nicolay is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent live, Hesse, where 21 percent live and Saarland, where 20 percent live. Other than Germany Nicolay occurs in 47 countries. It is also found in Belgium, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 17 percent live.
Nicolay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Nicolay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nicolay last name increased 891 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it increased 275 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it declined 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nicolay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those holding the Nicolay last name are 14.97% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 61.74% being registered with the party.
The amount Nicolay earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 98.22% more than the national average, earning R 471,036 per year; in United States they earn 10.62% more than the national average, earning $47,733 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.27% more than the national average, earning $55,781 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
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nicolay
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