The Nicola surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 1,971 people carried this name — #14,991 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 149,300 people counted. That is up 7% from 1,837 in 2000.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 2,895 people named Nicola 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 Córdoba.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 320 people named Nicola.
46 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 36 départements, most often Moselle.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
127 people named Nicola live in Switzerland.
They live in 12 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 59 people named Nicola live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Brussels-Capital.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In the Nordic population registers
50 people named Nicola is counted in Sweden.
Sweden’s figure is from 31 December 2022, the last count Statistics Sweden published.
Counted, by country
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
Nicola in American newspapers,
1902–1910.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 95,317 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nicola,
with a public archive behind them.
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Marco Nicola d. 1225 · Catholic priest
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Charles Nicola 1690–1726
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Lewis Nicola 1717–1807 · writer
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Lewis Nicola 1717–1807 · writer
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Eduard Nikola 1823–1905 · bibliophile
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Emil August Friedrich Nicola-Karlen 1840–1898 · photographer
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nicola.
- Nickels 4,949 · 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
- Nicolai 2,017 · U.S. census
- Nicolaou 414 · U.S. census
- Nicolas 9,006 · U.S. census
- Nicolau 389 · U.S. census
- Nicolay 863 · U.S. census
- Nicolazzi 134 · U.S. census
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