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Nicholas

in Kentucky

There are 314 people with the last name "Nicholas" in Kentucky.

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Ranking in Kentucky

NameRank
Nicholas 1,641
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  1. is 1,637th most common Atherton
  2. is 1,638th most common Biddle
  3. is 1,639th most common Chinn
  4. is 1,640th most common Kersey
  5. is 1,641st most common Nicholas
  6. is 1,642nd most common Polston
  7. is 1,643rd most common Hyde
  8. is 1,644th most common Croft
  9. is 1,645th most common Oney

Most Common First Names for Nicholas

John, George, David, Mary, Robert, Sharon, Barbara, James, Michael, Patricia

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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