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Nicholas

in California

There are 1,921 people with the last name "Nicholas" in California.

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Ranking in California

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Nicholas 1,475
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  1. is 1,471st most common Hastings
  2. is 1,472nd most common Yun
  3. is 1,473rd most common To
  4. is 1,474th most common Hopper
  5. is 1,475th most common Nicholas
  6. is 1,476th most common Sheppard
  7. is 1,477th most common Burch
  8. is 1,478th most common Mark
  9. is 1,479th most common Shih

Most Common First Names for Nicholas

Robert, James, John, Michael, William, David, Paul, Shirley

Meaning & History

English and Dutch: from the personal name (Greek Nikolaos, from nikān ‘to conquer’ + laos ‘people’). Forms with -ch- are due to hypercorrection (compare Anthony). The name in various vernacular forms was popular among Christians throughout Europe in the Middle Ages, largely as a result of the fame of a 4th-century Lycian bishop, about whom a large number of legends grew up, and who was venerated in the Orthodox Church as well as the Catholic. In English-speaking countries, this surname is also found as an Americanized form of various Greek surnames such as Papanikolaou ‘(son of) Nicholas the priest’ and patronymics such as Nikolopoulos.

FOREBEARS The colonial official and revolutionary patriot Robert Carter Nicholas was from a prominent VA family on both sides. His father was a British navy surgeon who emigrated in about 1700 from Lancashire, England, to Williamsburg, VA.

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