Nickels is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 7 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nickels
No. of characters: 7
Origin: Germany
Meaning: Genitive form of nickel, diminutive Nick (= Nicolas), these names being brought from Germany and Alsace to Belgium.

How popular is Nickels?

Nickels is common in Germany.

Nickels is ranked 57167 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Nickels bearers increased by 7.821351 per cent in 2010 US census to 4949 since 2000, the surname slipped by 44 spots and ranked at 6814. The last name was found in around 17 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 91.98 92.66
Black 4.14 3.92
Hispanic or Latino 1.82 1.37
Others 1.03 1.13
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.63 0.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4 0.52
Nickels is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Luxembourg is ahead in terms of density. Around 8151 people have been found who wears Nickels as their family name. Nickels is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
103,759 Spain8
720,003 Russia4
67,494 South Africa3
1,219,338 India3
19,093 Finland2
35,969 Denmark2
30,360 Thailand1
90,903 Moldova1
37,493 Austria1
83,428 United Arab Emirates1
77,122 Sweden1
58,885 Poland1
31,207 Ireland1
8,859 Iraq1
1,542 Andorra1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
4,249 Cambodia1
40,340 Malaysia1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
43,662 Belgium30
36,547 Switzerland27
20,041 New Zealand24
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
57,588 Argentina75
2,801 Northern Ireland72
5,257 Wales68
Countries with hundreds of Nickels:
15,929 England355
9,969 Australia280
20,120 Canada178
57,437 France171
248 Luxembourg152
Countries with thousands of Nickels:
6,793 United States5,676
9,745 Germany1,009
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Nickels Namesakes

  • Leann Nickelsen, Author
  • Thom Nickels, Author
  • Steinar Nickelsen, Musician
  • Christa Nickels, Politician
  • Jim Nickels, American Politician
  • Greg Nickels, Former Mayor of Seattle

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