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Nicholas

in Pennsylvania

There are 1,281 people with the last name "Nicholas" in Pennsylvania.

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Ranking in Pennsylvania

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Nicholas 827
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  1. is 823rd most common Le
  2. is 824th most common Abraham
  3. is 825th most common Jefferson
  4. is 826th most common Collier
  5. is 827th most common Nicholas
  6. is 828th most common Ayers
  7. is 829th most common Unger
  8. is 830th most common Ewing
  9. is 831st most common Keener

Most Common First Names for Nicholas

John, Richard, Robert, David, James, William, Mary, Joseph, Thomas, Susan

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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