The Nicolas surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 9,006 people carried this name — #3,951 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 32,800 people counted. That is up 56% from 5,783 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 23,312 people named Nicolas.
599 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 104 départements, most often Finistère.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 2,434 people named Nicolas 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 Buenos Aires Province.
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 Belgium’s population register
At least 1,875 people named Nicolas 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 Namur.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
342 people named Nicolas live in Switzerland.
They live in 10 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere 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 the Nordic population registers
34 people named Nicolas 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).
Who carried it
People named Nicolas,
with a public archive behind them.
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Gabriel-Marie Nicolas 1462–1532 · Catholic priest -
Louis Nicolas 1634–1682 · missionary -
Jean Nicolas 1765–1833 · military officer -
Auguste Nicolas 1807–1888 · judge -
Frans Nicolas 1826–1894 · painter
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 224 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nicolas.
- Nickles 4,634 · U.S. census
- Nico 321 · U.S. census
- Nicol 5,012 · U.S. census
- Nicola 1,971 · U.S. census
- Nicolai 2,017 · U.S. census
- Nicolaou 414 · U.S. census
- Nicolau 389 · U.S. census
- Nicolay 863 · U.S. census
- Nicolazzi 134 · U.S. census
- Nicole 464 · U.S. census
- Nicoleau 141 · U.S. census
- Nicolet 477 · U.S. census
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