Niemela Surname
Approximately 1,394 people bear this surname
Niemela Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1,022 | 1:354,656 | 31,718 |
| Canada | 116 | 1:317,634 | 29,153 |
| Australia | 85 | 1:317,596 | 27,389 |
| Germany | 48 | 1:1,677,197 | 97,745 |
| Argentina | 23 | 1:1,858,409 | 95,340 |
| Finland | 23 | 1:238,987 | 19,121 |
| Thailand | 16 | 1:4,414,897 | 343,519 |
| England | 11 | 1:5,065,278 | 148,650 |
| Sweden | 8 | 1:1,230,845 | 90,587 |
| Poland | 7 | 1:5,429,821 | 146,768 |
| Philippines | 5 | 1:20,247,645 | 262,352 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Italy | 4 | 1:15,289,172 | 132,955 |
| Brazil | 3 | 1:71,358,111 | 770,017 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Spain | 1 | 1:46,752,036 | 156,870 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 1:5,637,083 | 32,436 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Estonia | 1 | 1:1,321,804 | 40,178 |
| Czechia | 1 | 1:10,633,469 | 206,023 |
| Belgium | 1 | 1:11,496,644 | 167,539 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
The alternate forms: Niemelä (8,839) are calculated separately.
Niemela Demographics
Average Male Niemela Height
176.84 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Niemela Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niemela Come From? nationality or country of origin
Niemela (Russian: Ниемела) is held by more people in The United States than any other country or territory. It can also be found in the variant forms: Niemelä. Click here to see other potential spellings of Niemela.
How Common Is The Last Name Niemela? popularity and diffusion
The last name Niemela is the 277,773rd most frequently used surname at a global level It is held by around 1 in 5,227,795 people. The surname occurs predominantly in The Americas, where 75 percent of Niemela are found; 73 percent are found in North America and 73 percent are found in Anglo-North America.
Niemela is most frequently held in The United States, where it is carried by 1,022 people, or 1 in 354,656. In The United States Niemela is most frequent in: Minnesota, where 20 percent are found, Michigan, where 14 percent are found and California, where 12 percent are found. Excluding The United States Niemela is found in 28 countries. It also occurs in Canada, where 8 percent are found and Australia, where 6 percent are found.
Niemela Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Niemela surname are 4.32% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 57.55% registered with the political party.
The amount Niemela earn in different countries varies somewhat. In United States they earn 7.39% more than the national average, earning $46,336 USD per year and in Canada they earn 2.2% less than the national average, earning $48,592 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Niemela Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Niemela in the Russian language | ||
| Ниемела | niemela | - |
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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 Niemela
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