Although this list is not valid for any given year, it does give an idea of which names were commonest in Nikolsburg during the period covered by the Nikolsburg Graveyard Register, that is from the 18th century until the Holocaust. The list is given in order of frequency of occurrence, with the number of occurrences in brackets after each name.
| 1 | Kohn (201) | 14 | Schwarz (47) | 27 | Schidlof (37) | 40 | Pater (26) |
| 2 | Deutsch (164) | 15 | Bisenz (47) | 28 | Drill (36) | 41 | Zoref (25) |
| 3 | Abeles (123) | 16 | Krakau (46) | 29 | Katz (36) | 42 | Ranzenhofer (25) |
| 4 | Spitz (92) | 17 | Wengraf (46) | 30 | Feldsberg (35) | 43 | Glattau (25) |
| 5 | Gläser (82) | 18 | Biach (44) | 31 | Schuster (34) | 44 | Östreich (25) |
| 6 | Toch (81) | 19 | Fischer (43) | 32 | Teltsch (33) | 45 | Krakauer (25) |
| 7 | Pollitz (66) | 20 | Trebitsch (41) | 33 | Mass (30) | 46 | Fischhof (24) |
| 8 | Koritschoner (63) | 21 | Schweinburg (40) | 34 | Karpeles (29) | 47 | Herzels (24) |
| 9 | Hahn (60) | 22 | Blau (40) | 35 | Böhm (29) | 48 | Spitzer (22) |
| 10 | Pisk (59) | 23 | Gollerwascher (39) | 36 | Kosak (29) | 49 | Teltscher (22) |
| 11 | Eisler (56) | 24 | Paschkes (38) | 37 | Friedland (28) | 50 | Loschitz (21) |
| 12 | Pollak (49) | 25 | Spielmann (38) | 38 | Cheit (27) | ||
| 13 | Oser (48) | 26 | Reiss (38) | 39 | Auspitz (27) |
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