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Where Does The Last Name Niels Come From? ^{nationality or country of origin}

The last name Niels (Russian: Ниелс) occurs most in The Netherlands. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Níels. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Niels? ^{popularity and diffusion}

Niels is the 355,667^th most widely held surname in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 7,130,671 people. Niels is primarily found in Europe, where 69 percent of Niels reside; 62 percent reside in Western Europe and 56 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Niels is also the 9,694^th most frequently used given name at a global level, held by 105,755 people.

This last name is most numerous in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 296 people, or 1 in 57,051. In The Netherlands it is most frequent in: Gelderland, where 51 percent live, Limburg, where 14 percent live and North Holland, where 11 percent live. Not including The Netherlands this last name occurs in 40 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 17 percent live and Belgium, where 13 percent live.

Niels Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The incidence of Niels has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name rose 176 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 75 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Niels Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those bearing the Niels surname are 13.44% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 66.67% being registered with the political party.

The amount Niels earn in different countries varies notably. In United States they earn 22.51% more than the national average, earning $52,861 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.1% more than the national average, earning $50,230 CAD per year.