Nikolas Family History
- Nikolas Name Meaning
- German: variant of Nikolaus. Greek: from the personal name Nikolaos (see Nicholas), or a reduced form of derivative surnames such as Papanikolaou ‘(son of) Nicholas the Priest’ and Hatzinikolaou ‘(son of) Nicholas the Pilgrim’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 5,867 Historical Documents with Nikolas on Ancestry
- 2,849 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 820 Census and Voter Lists
- 313 Military Records
- 479 Immigration Records
- 1,406 Member Trees
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Number of Nikolas families
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from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
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from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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