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Nicholas

in Massachusetts

There are 627 people with the last name "Nicholas" in Massachusetts.

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Ranking in Massachusetts

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Nicholas 1,180
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  1. is 1,176th most common Dufresne
  2. is 1,177th most common Knox
  3. is 1,178th most common Petersen
  4. is 1,179th most common Baptiste
  5. is 1,180th most common Nicholas
  6. is 1,181st most common Strong
  7. is 1,182nd most common Kelliher
  8. is 1,183rd most common Robles
  9. is 1,184th most common Rock

Most Common First Names for Nicholas

John, Robert, David, Michael, Thomas, Richard, Joseph, Katherine

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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