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Nicholas

in Oregon

There are 274 people with the last name "Nicholas" in Oregon.

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Ranking in Oregon

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Nicholas 1,352
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  1. is 1,348th most common Rea
  2. is 1,349th most common Clifton
  3. is 1,350th most common Kirkland
  4. is 1,351st most common Leavitt
  5. is 1,352nd most common Nicholas
  6. is 1,353rd most common Waterman
  7. is 1,354th most common Adamson
  8. is 1,355th most common Cornell
  9. is 1,356th most common Dugan

Most Common First Names for Nicholas

Robert, John, William, David, Barbara, Brian, Laura, Ashley

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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