Nielsén Surname
Approximately 39 people bear this surname
Nielsén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 38 | 1:259,125 | 17,909 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
The alternate forms: Nielsen (338,225), Níelsen (4) & Niélsen (1) are calculated separately.
Nielsén Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nielsén Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nielsén is held by more people in Sweden than any other country or territory. It may also be found as: Nielsen, Níelsen or Niélsen. For other possible spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nielsén? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 3,141,416th most common family name throughout the world, held by around 1 in 186,860,152 people. The last name Nielsén is mostly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Nielsén are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The surname Nielsén is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 38 people, or 1 in 259,125. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Stockholm County, where 47 percent live, Skåne County, where 34 percent live and Jönköping County, where 8 percent live. Apart from Sweden it exists in one country. It is also common in Finland, where 3 percent live.
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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 Nielsén
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