The Nicolau surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 286 people carried this name — #64,934 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 464 people named Nicolau.
91 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 44 départements, most often Pyrénées-Orientales.
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
54 people named Nicolau live in Switzerland.
They live in 8 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Zurich.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nicolau.
- Nico 289 · U.S. census
- Nicol 4,850 · U.S. census
- Nicola 1,837 · U.S. census
- Nicolai 2,042 · U.S. census
- Nicolaou 399 · U.S. census
- Nicolas 5,783 · U.S. census
- Nicolay 844 · U.S. census
- Nicolazzi 142 · U.S. census
- Nicole 570 · U.S. census
- Nicoleau 126 · U.S. census
- Nicolet 459 · U.S. census
- Nicoletta 334 · U.S. census
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