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The Nicolo surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 537 people carried this name — #40,672 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 555,600 people counted. That is up 2% from 524 in 2000.

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What the name means

The meaning of the Nicolo surname

A surname transferred from the given name.

Variant of Nicola.

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entries «Nicolo» (English) and «Nicolò» (Italian), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.

In Argentina’s national register

At least 302 people named Nicolo 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 map

Where they live today

Buenos Aires Province 248
Mendoza 23
Río Negro 21
City of Buenos Aires 10

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 251 people named Nicolo.

24 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 19 départements, most often Morbihan.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 24
Morbihan 121
Bouches-du-Rhône 26
Guadeloupe 25
Paris 12
Loire-Atlantique 8
Alpes-Maritimes 6
Seine-Maritime 6
Allier 4

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

In Switzerland’s population statistics

100 people named Nicolo live in Switzerland.

They live in 8 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

Vaud 27
Ticino 25
Zurich 12
Valais 11
Zug 8
Aargau 7
Thurgau 7
St. Gallen 3

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 28 people named Nicolo 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 Hainaut.

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

Where they live today

Hainaut 28

Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.

Who carried it

People named Nicolo,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Felice De Nicolo
    Felice De Nicolo 1942–2023 · alpine skier
  • Carlo Nicolo 1932– · sport cyclist
  • Denis Nicolo 1950– · politician
  • Georgio 1993– · singer
  • Anatole Edouard Nicolo 1996– · screenwriter

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).

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Surnames next to Nicolo.

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