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The Nicol surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 5,012 people carried this name — #6,729 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 58,800 people counted. That is up 3% from 4,850 in 2000.

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Where the name comes from

The origin of the Nicol surname

One of the variant spellings of Nichol, a Middle English vernacular form of the given name Nicholas.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Nicol» (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 2,853 people named Nicol.

49 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 82 départements, most often Morbihan.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 49
Morbihan 629
Côtes-d’Armor 556
Finistère 305
Loire-Atlantique 223
Paris 209
Aude 91
Ille-et-Vilaine 65
Haute-Garonne 50

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

55 people named Nicol live in Switzerland.

They live in 9 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Zurich 10
Jura 8
Aargau 7
Geneva 7
Vaud 6
Zug 5
Bern 4
Ticino 4

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

In the Nordic population registers

21 people named Nicol is counted in Sweden.

Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.

Counted, by country

Sweden (2022) 21

Own calculations based on data from Statistics Sweden (SCB), surnames with at least two bearers, 31 December 2022 — CC BY 4.0 (names with 20 or more bearers shown).

In print

Nicol in American newspapers,
1791–1895.

Newspaper page from The Newhampshire Gazetteer carrying the name Nicol
The Newhampshire Gazetteer 1791-05-07
Newspaper page from The Anaconda Standard carrying the name Nicol
The Anaconda Standard 1895-01-31
Newspaper page from The Evening World carrying the name Nicol
The Evening World 1894-07-02

Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 57,267 pages in all carry the name.

Who carried it

People named Nicol,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Sarah Bezra Nicol
    Sarah Bezra Nicol d. 1834 · actor
  • James Nicol d. 1917 · soldier
  • John K Nicol d. 1918 · soldier
  • William Nicol d. 1915 · soldier
  • William Nicol d. 1915 · soldier
  • David Nicol d. 1916 · soldier

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.

Nearby in the index

Surnames next to Nicol.

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