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Nicholas

in New Jersey

There are 709 people with the last name "Nicholas" in New Jersey.

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Ranking in New Jersey

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Nicholas 1,021
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  1. is 1,017th most common Forbes
  2. is 1,018th most common Aiello
  3. is 1,019th most common Delorenzo
  4. is 1,020th most common Gil
  5. is 1,021st most common Nicholas
  6. is 1,022nd most common Berg
  7. is 1,023rd most common Richter
  8. is 1,024th most common Slater
  9. is 1,025th most common Waldron

Most Common First Names for Nicholas

Thomas, James, William, Michael, George, John, Cynthia, Joseph, Mary, 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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