de Nieves Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Spain
Highest density in:
Puerto Rico

de Nieves Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

de Nieves Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Spain131:3,596,31069,669
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
England11:55,718,059489,080
Guatemala11:16,082,66812,169
Puerto Rico11:3,550,1399,109

de Nieves Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name de Nieves Come From? nationality or country of origin

The last name de Nieves is borne by more people in Spain than any other country or territory. It can appear as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name de Nieves? popularity and diffusion

The surname de Nieves is the 4,307,654th most prevalent last name internationally, held by around 1 in 347,025,996 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 67 percent of de Nieves reside; 62 percent reside in Southwestern Europe and 62 percent reside in Iberian Europe.

The last name is most frequently used in Spain, where it is carried by 13 people, or 1 in 3,596,310. In Spain de Nieves is mostly concentrated in: Madrid, where 85 percent reside, Murcia, where 8 percent reside and Valencian Community, where 8 percent reside. Besides Spain it occurs in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 24 percent reside and England, where 5 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
de Neves94255/
de Nieve944/
de Nives941/
des Neves894/
da Neves82487/
de Nieva82470/
di Neves823/
di Nieve821/
de Nevis821/
de Nuves821/
Des-Neves782/
da Neveis781/
da Gnevi591/
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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to de Nieves
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