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
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Nicolay Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nicolay Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nicolay is borne by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant: Nicolaÿ. For other potential spellings of Nicolay click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nicolay? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 69,710th most commonly used family name on a global scale It is held by around 1 in 1,026,415 people. The surname is primarily found in Europe, where 62 percent of Nicolay are found; 59 percent are found in Western Europe and 31 percent are found in Gallo-Europe. Nicolay is also the 189,202nd most frequently used first name world-wide, borne by 1,657 people.
The last name is most commonly used in Germany, where it is carried by 1,488 people, or 1 in 54,103. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 25 percent reside, Hesse, where 21 percent reside and Saarland, where 20 percent reside. Barring Germany Nicolay occurs in 47 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 18 percent reside and The United States, where 17 percent reside.
Nicolay Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Nicolay has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nicolay last name grew 891 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it grew 275 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Scotland it decreased 50 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nicolay Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Nicolay are 14.97% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.74% 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
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