Nickey

English

Etymology

Americanized spelling of German Nicke or Nickig.

Proper noun

Nickey (plural Nickeys)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Nickey is the 37899^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 586 individuals. Nickey is most common among White (76.11%) and American Indian/Alaska Native (13.14%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nickey”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 666.