Popularity of the last name by country
Ireland
- Dublin (254)
- Wicklow (83)
- Clare (81)
- Cork (68)
- Monoghan (56)
- Cavan (45)
- Waterford (39)
- Offaly {Kings} (34)
- Leix {Queens, Laois} (23)
- Limerick (18)
- Wexford (16)
- Kildare (13)
- Leitrim (12)
- Mayo (10)
- Tipperary (10)
- Sligo (9)
- Roscommon (8)
- Kilkenny (7)
- Galway (5)
- Donegal (4)
- Longford (4)
- Kerry (3)
- Carlow (1)
- Meath (1)
All countries
- United States (210,602)
- United Kingdom (145,028)
- Australia (6,874)
- Canada (4,545)
- Unknown country (3,285)
- France (2,145)
- New Zealand (1,830)
- Ireland (1,379)
- Germany (654)
- Switzerland (417)
- Italy (387)
- Netherlands (259)
- Mexico (226)
- Colombia (219)
- Belgium (159)
- Russian Federation (142)
- Spain (125)
- Paraguay (117)
- India (114)
- China (112)
- Argentina (103)
- Greece (91)
- Sweden (87)
- Jamaica (83)
- Philippines (64)
- Ukraine (62)
- Indonesia (61)
- French Polynesia (60)
- Latvia (59)
- Peru (58)
- Poland (58)
- Cuba (52)
- Lebanon (50)
- Austria (46)
- Brazil (45)
- Denmark (45)
- Portugal (45)
- Barbados (35)
- Trinidad and Tobago (30)
- Turkey (30)
Origine of last name
NICHOLS : 1: English: variant of <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Nichol">Nichol</a> with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s. In North America this surname has absorbed various cognates from other languages e.g. Croatian and Serbian Nikolić (see <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/Nikolic">Nikolic</a>); see also below.2: Americanized form of various like-sounding Jewish surnames.
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