Nickerson is used as a family name or surname in United States. It is 9 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nickerson
No. of characters: 9
Origin: United States
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Nickerson

How popular is Nickerson?

Nickerson is common in United States.

Nickerson is ranked 20409 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Nickerson bearers increased by 3.640729 per cent in 2010 US census to 15970 since 2000, the surname slipped by 121 spots and ranked at 2283. The last name was found in around 54 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 76.02 78.6
Black 17.98 17.29
Hispanic or Latino 2.76 1.65
Others 2.1 1.39
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.65 0.66
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.49 0.42
Nickerson is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Canada is ahead in terms of density. Around 25425 people have been found who wears Nickerson as their family name. Nickerson is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
10,542 China4
720,003 Russia4
67,494 South Africa3
10,686 Costa Rica3
108,034 Italy3
50,640 Switzerland2
18,625 Japan2
219,873 France2
1,500,361 India2
7,191 Afghanistan1
810,193 Indonesia1
53,033 Nigeria1
8,500 Dominican Republic1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
49,101 Denmark1
172,258 Germany1
5,467 Haiti1
31,207 Ireland1
49,529 Israel1
40,340 Malaysia1
56,169 Mexico1
118,015 Netherlands1
9,591 Panama1
66,560 Philippines1
21,562 Portugal1
58,885 Poland1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
7,279 Wales45
37,982 United Arab Emirates23
89,048 Spain13
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
5,848 Scotland92
10,776 New Zealand62
Countries with hundreds of Nickerson:
10,166 England629
21,878 Australia113
75,961 Brazil111
Countries with thousands of Nickerson:
982 Canada5,137
Countries with ten thousands of Nickerson:
2,103 United States19,158
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Nickerson was 29 years old when he migrated to USA during Irish famine on November 18, 1848. He lived in Ireland where he worked as farmer and took Unicorn from Liverpool. 24 years old Ellen Nickerson, Born at sea Jane Nickerson, Immigrant Catherine Nickerson, are others that migrated to US.

Nickerson Namesakes

  • Dave Nickerson, Politician
  • Denise Nickerson, Actress
  • Carley Nickerson, Danny Nickerson's mother
  • Cyndie Nickerson, Television producer
  • Sheila Nickerson, Poet
  • Dede Nickerson, Film producer
  • Denise Nickerson, Actress
  • Dede Nickerson, Film producer
  • Gaylon Nickerson, Basketball player
  • Jonah Nickerson, Baseball Player

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