Last Name NICKELS

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Meaning	The son of Nichola, from Nichol or Nicol, the nickname. Nichol always held a fair place in popular favour, as English directoriesamply prove. But Collin was probably the greater favourite.

Origin	English, Dutch, Irish, Hungarian

Rank	6,770 (2000 US census)	6,346 (1990 US census)

Count	4,590 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

92.66%, or 4253 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
3.92%, or 180 total occurrences, as black,
0.39%, or 18 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.52%, or 24 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.13%, or 52 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.37%, or 63 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

Belarus middle names form the same way as Russian ones, in part due to general common history of the Russian and Belarus nationalities, and in part due to very close integration of all nationalities during the Soviet Union times. Follow the

Ukrainian middle names

Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Russian middle names

As with many things that are 'Russian,' neither child nor his parents has much choice in picking the name. It is purely patronymic and generally predefined at the time when the child is born or even rather conceived. The name is derived from the child's father's first...