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Nicholas

in New Mexico

There are 73 people with the last name "Nicholas" in New Mexico.

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Ranking in New Mexico

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Nicholas 2,160
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  1. is 2,156th most common Jefferson
  2. is 2,157th most common Lind
  3. is 2,158th most common Link
  4. is 2,159th most common Montalvo
  5. is 2,160th most common Nicholas
  6. is 2,161st most common Pritchett
  7. is 2,162nd most common Reinhardt
  8. is 2,163rd most common Rosenberg
  9. is 2,164th most common Schaffer

Most Common First Names for Nicholas

Robert, Denise, Michael, Rawle, Shelly, William, Alan, Annette, Barbara, Casey

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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