Karen,
This family name is quite popular in Poland as I can see. Very many were deported. We had a very large family of Nikiel at Jeglec posiolek in Archangelskaja; Antoni;Bronislaw;Weronika;Emilia;Jozef;Maria;Marian;Pawel and Teresa. As I recall they were from Lwowskie or Tarnopolskie.
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