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Nicholas

in Nebraska

There are 84 people with the last name "Nicholas" in Nebraska.

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Nicholas 2,437
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  1. is 2,433rd most common Liu
  2. is 2,434th most common Meduna
  3. is 2,435th most common Mosel
  4. is 2,436th most common Murdock
  5. is 2,437th most common Nicholas
  6. is 2,438th most common Nordstrom
  7. is 2,439th most common Pease
  8. is 2,440th most common Perrin
  9. is 2,441st most common Pinkerton

Most Common First Names for Nicholas

Chris, Charles, Christopher, David, Dennis, George, James, John, Matthew

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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