Niedecken Surname

945,594th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 277 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Niedecken Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niedecken Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1391:579,17647,094
United States1371:2,645,686159,417
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Niedecken Last Name Facts

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

Niedecken is found in Germany more than any other country or territory. It can also occur as a variant:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Niedecken? popularity and diffusion

It is the 945,594th most frequently used last name on a worldwide basis It is held by approximately 1 in 26,308,830 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 51 percent of Niedecken are found; 51 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is carried by 139 people, or 1 in 579,176. In Germany Niedecken is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 55 percent live, Hamburg, where 13 percent live and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 9 percent live. Other than Germany this last name is found in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 49 percent live and Belgium, where 0 percent live.

Niedecken Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Niedecken has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people who held the Niedecken last name rose 381 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Niedecken Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Niedecken surname are 28.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 75% registered with the party.

Niedecken earn notably more than the average income. In United States they earn 21.02% more than the national average, earning $52,218 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niedeken9411/
Neidecken890/
Nijdeken82151/
Nedecin756/
Nidiken752/
Nydeken752/
Nedeking711/
Naideshkin631/
Nedykin631/
Nadeykin59422/
Nadeikyn5916/
Neudakyn597/
Nadeikin591/
Noudekin591/
Naydeshkin5332/

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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 Niedecken
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