Explore the Family Name Nikolic

The meaning of Nikolic

Serbian and Croatian (Nikolić): patronymic from the personal name Nikola, from Greek Nikolaos (see Nicholas). This is the third most frequent surname in Serbia. Some characteristic forenames: Serbian or Croatian Dragan, Miodrag, Budimir, Radovan, Aleksandar, Blagoje, Bogoljub, Bosko, Branimir, Branislav, Branka, Branko, Djordje, Dragica, Dusan, Milan, Zlata, Jelena, Josip, Milutin, Pavle, Sava.

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How common is the last name Nikolic in the United States?

According to the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Nikolic has increased from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it ranked 28,028 in popularity and by 2010 the rank had risen to 24,137, marking an increase of 13.88%. The count of individuals with this surname also grew during this period, from 805 to 1,042, indicating a sizable growth of 29.44%. Proportionally, per every 100,000 people, the presence of the Nikolic surname rose from 0.3 to 0.35, a rise of 16.67%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#28,028	#24,137	13.88%
Count	805	1,042	29.44%
Proportion per 100k	0.3	0.35	16.67%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Nikolic

Regarding ethnic identity, the data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the majority of people with the Nikolic surname identify as White, with the percentage increasing from 94.29% in 2000 to 97.22% in 2010. Those who identified with two or more ethnicities decreased significantly from 4.47% to 0.67% over the same period. The proportion of individuals identifying as Hispanic nearly doubled from 0.87% to 1.73%. There were no recorded changes for those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander, Black, or American Indian and Alaskan Native.

	2000	2010	Change
White	94.29%	97.22%	3.11%
Hispanic	0.87%	1.73%	98.85%
Two or More Races	4.47%	0.67%	-85.01%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Black	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%