The Nickels surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 4,949 people carried this name — #6,814 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 59,500 people counted. That is up 8% from 4,590 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Nickels surname
One of the variant spellings of Nichols, from Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas + the suffix -s.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nickels» (English), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 72 people named Nickels.
5 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Oise.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 41 people named Nickels live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Chubut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Nickels,
with a public archive behind them.
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Anna Buck Nickels 1832–1917 · businessperson -
Alphonse Nickels 1881–1944 · politician
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Christina Agnes Ramsbotham 1887–1931
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Jean Nickels 1917–1985 · canoeist
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Rudolf Nickels 1926–2005 · politician
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John L. Nickels 1931–2013 · judge
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nickels.
- Niccolai 214 · U.S. census
- Nice 3,595 · U.S. census
- Nicholas 27,922 · U.S. census
- Nicholson 58,151 · U.S. census
- Nick 3,590 · U.S. census
- Nickel 8,292 · U.S. census
- Nicklaus 811 · U.S. census
- Nickler 124 · U.S. census
- Nickles 4,634 · U.S. census
- Nico 321 · U.S. census
- Nicol 5,012 · U.S. census
- Nicola 1,971 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Nickels is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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