Nicholas Family History
- Nicholas Name Meaning
- English and Dutch: from the personal name (Greek Nikolaos, from nikan ‘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.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 1,133,840 Historical Documents with Nicholas on Ancestry
- 402,990 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 267,678 Census and Voter Lists
- 42,210 Military Records
- 39,807 Immigration Records
- 381,155 Member Trees
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Number of Nicholas families
 453 - 903  152 - 452 |
 1 - 151  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Nicholas families
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57 - 111 20 - 56 |
1 - 19 |
from the 1851 Canada Census Data
Nicholas census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from 1881 CA Census Data
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