Nieft Surname

883,255th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 305 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Nieft Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nieft Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1541:522,76344,015
United States1291:2,809,759166,838
South Africa131:4,167,516132,322
Brazil71:30,582,047441,004
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States31:16,739,561595,711

Nieft Last Name Facts

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

Nieft is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nieft? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 883,255th most common surname internationally, held by around 1 in 23,893,593 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 51 percent of Nieft are found; 50 percent are found in Western Europe and 50 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

Nieft is most frequently held in Germany, where it is carried by 154 people, or 1 in 522,763. In Germany it is primarily concentrated in: Thuringia, where 29 percent live, Lower Saxony, where 18 percent live and Baden-Württemberg, where 15 percent live. Not including Germany Nieft is found in 4 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 42 percent live and South Africa, where 4 percent live.

Nieft Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Nieft has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nieft surname rose 4,300 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nieft Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Nieft last name are 28.23% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 75% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Nieft earn in different countries varies markedly. In South Africa they earn 48.4% more than the national average, earning R 352,644 per year and in United States they earn 9.46% more than the national average, earning $47,230 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Neft89724/
Nief89554/
Nift893/
Neeft80274/
Nefte8019/
Neift807/
Nedft802/
Neuft802/
Noeft802/
Niesf801/
Niefz801/
Nieff801/
Neftd801/
Hneeft731/
Neftdt731/
Hnieef731/
Nieb67182/
Niev6741/
Newt6741/
Neyhoft6711/
Nhef6711/
Ngef6710/
Noiphet679/
Nuiphet676/
Nhif672/
Niyf671/
Njef671/
Nyif671/
Naiphet671/
Nibt671/
Nevt671/
Nuft671/
Neftova671/

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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 Nieft
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