Nixon Surname

6,368th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 88,732 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Cayman Islands

Nixon Surname Definition:

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Nicholas,' nick. Nick, with patronymic s Nicks, whence Nix. Nixon, of course, is Nickson; compare Dixon, Jaxon, Baxter.

Henry Nix Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Nix, Oxfordshire, ibid.

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Nixon Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States49,0011:7,397878
England16,3831:3,401451
Australia6,0201:4,484648
Canada5,6601:6,510953
New Zealand1,3141:3,446530
Northern Ireland1,2911:1,429304
Scotland1,2201:4,388761
South Africa6451:83,99610,356
Bahamas6301:622130
India5701:1,345,72952,280
Honduras4701:18,758821
Chad3851:35,3044,109
Wales3641:8,501942
Saudi Arabia3581:86,18912,374
Ireland3531:13,3401,585
Kenya3211:143,86311,573
Nigeria3121:567,76527,529
Tanzania2701:196,08016,774
Indonesia2401:551,03844,419
Nicaragua2191:27,4941,100
Jamaica2051:14,0001,375
Papua New Guinea1771:46,0665,702
Thailand1541:458,69180,467
Cayman Islands1441:44473
Fiji1261:7,0981,425
Dominican Republic1081:96,6014,209
Bahrain1031:13,0932,472
Oman1001:36,8802,528
Malaysia971:304,06416,606
Singapore861:64,0432,603
Trinidad and Tobago861:15,8601,984
Russia821:1,757,598114,376
Spain791:591,79827,792
Germany751:1,073,40672,288
Liberia691:63,8925,540
Zimbabwe551:280,69528,958
France541:1,230,050127,496
Brazil521:4,116,814111,429
Portugal471:221,6658,706
Israel421:203,75319,703
Sweden401:246,16917,052
Belarus361:263,91830,781
Philippines331:3,067,825142,207
Kuwait291:131,05814,967
Switzerland281:293,31823,433
Jersey241:4,133843
Norway211:244,87126,357
Guyana201:38,1113,813
Grenada191:5,712632
Netherlands191:888,79962,169
Isle of Man181:4,7681,008
Sri Lanka181:1,156,0319,144
Latvia171:120,59117,235
Bangladesh161:9,959,79813,502
Guam161:10,0081,526
Uganda161:2,439,95572,451
United States Virgin Islands161:6,8981,043
Venezuela151:2,013,60524,362
Chile141:1,258,32022,898
Greece141:791,41484,075
Mexico141:8,866,15837,743
Pakistan141:12,760,27855,960
Solomon Islands141:41,4318,080
United Arab Emirates141:654,44824,061
Denmark131:434,20928,556
Japan131:9,834,17645,186
Antigua and Barbuda121:8,264893
China121:113,943,4645,994
Peru121:2,648,67728,015
Czechia101:1,063,34780,937
Ghana101:2,702,06911,564
Hong Kong101:733,5483,685
Argentina91:4,749,268159,873
Italy91:6,795,188113,457
Qatar91:262,00030,726
Taiwan91:2,604,97216,335
Belize81:44,4342,498
Malawi81:2,139,88924,009
South Korea81:6,405,0321,091
Haiti71:1,526,27214,436
El Salvador61:1,057,3154,053
Bermuda51:13,0561,849
Cameroon51:4,153,814129,697
Kazakhstan51:3,536,499118,599
DR Congo41:18,469,892182,906
Iraq41:8,755,41423,373
Mozambique41:6,815,3924,272
Saint Lucia41:44,6952,207
Vanuatu41:65,8191,151
Afghanistan31:10,717,72835,605
Angola31:8,996,40511,732
Costa Rica31:1,593,3568,177
Marshall Islands31:17,2741,698
Panama31:1,304,08613,647
Sudan31:12,503,39814,123
Zambia31:5,283,30743,479
Anguilla21:6,718471
Armenia21:1,465,09016,492
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Cyprus21:442,4389,493
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
Iceland21:190,0456,825
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Moldova21:1,780,68455,103
Namibia21:1,204,70016,113
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Rwanda21:5,682,4895,910
Turkey21:38,910,711171,901
Vietnam21:46,323,0275,235
Barbados11:287,4482,772
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
Botswana11:2,186,92930,250
Cambodia11:15,487,14614,824
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Cook Islands11:18,1791,485
Dominica11:75,891912
Egypt11:91,935,754132,737
Estonia11:1,321,80440,178
Finland11:5,496,70284,025
Georgia11:3,745,54547,852
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Iran11:76,782,524277,718
Kyrgyzstan11:5,972,65499,197
Lebanon11:5,637,08332,436
Luxembourg11:580,54215,155
Malta11:430,2723,380
Monaco11:37,0664,748
Mongolia11:2,825,28917,010
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
New Caledonia11:276,22310,363
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines11:112,6591,704
Seychelles11:92,3931,532
Sierra Leone11:7,089,6311,533
Swaziland11:1,298,1991,718
Syria11:19,301,02222,457
Tajikistan11:8,386,69212,859
Turkmenistan11:5,489,11211,427
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Yemen11:26,425,29455,147
Show All Nations
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Ireland1,5061:2,941556
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England8,5881:2,838400
Scotland4981:7,5161,053
Wales661:23,7641,369
Isle of Man181:3,015339
Jersey111:4,717830
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States8,5731:5,858732

Nixon (59,113) may also be a first name.

Nixon Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

This surname is derived from the name of an ancestor. 'the son of Nicholas,' nick. Nick, with patronymic s Nicks, whence Nix. Nixon, of course, is Nickson; compare Dixon, Jaxon, Baxter.

Henry Nix Oxfordshire, 1273. Hundred Rolls.

William Nix, Oxfordshire, ibid.

Margareta Nikeson, 1379: Poll Tax of Yorkshire.

William Nicson, 1379: ibid.

1527. Thomas Nyxson and Johanna Scochyn: Marriage Lic. (London).

1586. Married — Benedict Nix and Elizabeth Cathron: St. Peter, Cornhill.

1635. Buried — Susan, d. Thomas Nixon: St. James, Clerkenwell.

— A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames (1896) by Charles Wareing Endell Bardsley

The "son of Nicholas," from the diminutive form "Nick." "The name was common on both sides of the Border, perhaps most so in Bewcastle in Cumberland; but as early as 1376 we find a William Nycson occupying lands in the district of Ermyldoune in Liddesdale" (Liddesdale, p. 181). William Nykson was one of the "borowis" for the earl of Douglas's bounds of the West March in 1398 (Bain, IV, 512). The following forms of this name are given by Armstrong: Singular: Nekson, Nexson, Nexsoune, Nicksoune, Nicson, Nikson, Niksoun, Niksown, Nixon, Nixoun, Nixson, Nixsone, Nixsoun, Nixsoune, Nycson, Nykson, Nyksone, Nyksoun, Nyksown, Nysson; Plural: Nekesonis, Nekesouns, Neksons, Nexsones, Nexsounes, Nicksons, Nicsons, Niksonis, Niksons, Nixones, Nixons, Nixsonis, Nixsons, Nycsons, Nyksons, Nysons, Nyxons, Nyxsonnes, Nyxsons (op. cit., p. 180).

— The Surnames of Scotland (1946) by George Fraser Black (1866-1948)

Nixon is numerous in Ulster, especially in Counties Antrim and Fermanagh. The most notable immigrant family of the name settled in Co. Fermanagh in 1609. Fifty years later we find Nixson listed in Petty's “census” as a principal name in two baronies of that county. No doubt more than one Englishman of the name settled in other counties in the seventeenth century: there are, for example, three Nixons in the Co. Tipperary hearth money rolls of 1665. Testators of the name are numerous in the Prerogative wills from 1677 to 1811: 27 are Nixon, of which ten were of Co. Fermanagh or neighbouring Ulster counties and nine of Dublin; as Nickson six of the nine are of Co. Wicklow. In Griffith's Valuation (1853) there are five Nixons in Co. Wicklow. Of similar derivation is Nix (i.e. son of Nicholas or Nick) gaelice Mac Niocais, a patronymic adopted by some families of Woulfe in Co. Limerick. The Registrar-General's report of 1909 indicates that at that time Woulfe and Nix were in the Newcastle, Co. Limerick, district used synonymously, while in another case they were combined to make the surname Woulfe-Nix.

— Supplement to Irish Families (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

Nick’s Son: v. Nick, Nicolas.

William Nicson.—Yorks Poll-Tax, A.D. 1379.

— Surnames of the United Kingdom (1912) by Henry Harrison

This English name is numerous in Ulster since it was established in Co. Fermanagh at the time of the Plantation of Ulster (1609). It later became established also in Co. Wicklow. Bibl; SIF 120

— A Guide to Irish Names (1964) by Edward MacLysaght

(English) The son of Nick, a pet form of Nicholas (people's victory).

— Dictionary of American Family Names (1956) by Elsdon Coles Smith
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Nixon Demographics

Average Male Nixon Height

177 cm

Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 795 (2014)

Average Female Nixon Height

162.27 cm

Average female height (US):
161.5 cm
Sample size: 141 (2014)

Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries

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Nixon Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nixon Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name Nixon occurs most in The United States. It may also be found as a variant:. For other possible spellings of Nixon click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nixon? popularity and diffusion

It is the 6,368th most commonly used surname on a worldwide basis. It is borne by around 1 in 82,130 people. This surname is mostly found in The Americas, where 56 percent of Nixon reside; 53 percent reside in North America and 53 percent reside in Anglo-North America. It is also the 16,048th most commonly held first name internationally, held by 59,113 people.

The last name Nixon is most commonly used in The United States, where it is held by 49,001 people, or 1 in 7,397. In The United States it is mostly concentrated in: Texas, where 10 percent are found, California, where 7 percent are found and North Carolina, where 7 percent are found. Barring The United States Nixon exists in 141 countries. It is also found in England, where 18 percent are found and Australia, where 7 percent are found.

Nixon Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nixon has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Nixon surname expanded 572 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it expanded 191 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Scotland it expanded 245 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Wales it expanded 552 percent between 1881 and 2014 and in Ireland it contracted 77 percent between 1901 and 2014.

Nixon Last Name Statistics demography

The religious devotion of those carrying the Nixon surname is primarily Anglican (52%) in Ireland, Orthodox (83%) in Russia and Christian (91%) in Kenya.

In The United States those holding the Nixon surname are 10.81% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than The US average, with 57.58% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Nixon earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 98.05% more than the national average, earning 685,413 kr per year; in Peru they earn 384.93% more than the national average, earning S/. 94,003 per year; in South Africa they earn 53.74% more than the national average, earning R 365,352 per year; in United States they earn 6.77% less than the national average, earning $40,226 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.19% more than the national average, earning $52,262 CAD per year.

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