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Nicholas

in South Carolina

There are 192 people with the last name "Nicholas" in South Carolina.

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Ranking in South Carolina

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Nicholas 2,568
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  1. is 2,564th most common Stanford
  2. is 2,565th most common Bess
  3. is 2,566th most common Estrada
  4. is 2,567th most common Gillis
  5. is 2,568th most common Nicholas
  6. is 2,569th most common Peek
  7. is 2,570th most common Pritchett
  8. is 2,571st most common Shea
  9. is 2,572nd most common Sherlock

Most Common First Names for Nicholas

Charles, William, Barbara, Louise, Richard, Augustina, Barry, Candace, Cheryl

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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