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Nicholas

in Virginia

There are 737 people with the last name "Nicholas" in Virginia.

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Ranking in Virginia

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Nicholas 1,081
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  1. is 1,077th most common Sears
  2. is 1,078th most common Tolbert
  3. is 1,079th most common Dale
  4. is 1,080th most common Hinkle
  5. is 1,081st most common Nicholas
  6. is 1,082nd most common Rios
  7. is 1,083rd most common Wilder
  8. is 1,084th most common East
  9. is 1,085th most common Oconnell

Most Common First Names for Nicholas

John, William, David, Ronald, Michael, James, Joseph, Robert, Mary, Barbara

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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