Nichtern Surname

1,198,640th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 197 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Nichtern Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nichtern Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany961:838,59960,830
United States911:3,983,065216,270
Israel81:1,069,70462,476
England11:55,718,059489,080
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States261:1,931,48897,398

Nichtern Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nichtern is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nichtern? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nichtern is the 1,198,640th most frequently occurring last name worldwide, borne by approximately 1 in 36,992,619 people. This surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 50 percent of Nichtern live; 49 percent live in Western Europe and 49 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The last name Nichtern is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 96 people, or 1 in 838,599. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Rhineland-Palatinate, where 39 percent reside, Brandenburg, where 33 percent reside and Hesse, where 10 percent reside. Aside from Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 46 percent reside and Israel, where 4 percent reside.

Nichtern Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Nichtern has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nichtern last name expanded 350 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nichtern Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Nichtern are 17.52% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 64.29% being registered to vote for the party.

Nichtern earn significantly more than the average income. In United States they earn 25.74% more than the national average, earning $54,255 USD per year.

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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
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  • 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 Nichtern
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