Niemz Surname

691,116th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 428 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Niemz Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niemz Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany3531:228,06125,422
Australia421:642,75544,739
Austria81:1,064,42975,134
England81:6,964,757184,742
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Paraguay41:1,809,18612,346
Switzerland31:2,737,638105,941
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States61:8,369,781355,680

Niemz Last Name Facts

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

The surname Niemz is most common in Germany. It may be found in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Niemz? popularity and diffusion

Niemz is the 691,116th most widely held surname world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 17,026,976 people. The last name Niemz is mostly found in Europe, where 87 percent of Niemz reside; 85 percent reside in Western Europe and 85 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most widely held in Germany, where it is borne by 353 people, or 1 in 228,061. In Germany it is most prevalent in: Saxony, where 62 percent reside, North Rhine-Westphalia, where 13 percent reside and Baden-Württemberg, where 8 percent reside. Apart from Germany this surname is found in 10 countries. It is also found in Australia, where 10 percent reside and Austria, where 2 percent reside.

Niemz Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Niemz has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the surname fell 67 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Niemtz9136/
Nimz891,830/
Nemz891/
Nimtz801,716/
Nimze80238/
Niemc80148/
Nimsz80125/
Niems80102/
Nimcz8042/
Nemsz8039/
Nemtz808/
Nienz803/
Njemz802/
Ngemz801/
Niemś801/
Nimmz801/
Nienze73303/
Neamtz7361/
Nimtsz7330/
Nyemcz7311/
Nyemze731/
Neimtz731/
Nims672,436/
Nems67838/
Nemś67375/
Nemc6725/
Neimetz6725/
Nimč6721/
Niemsch6712/
Nimc679/
Nimš678/
Numz672/
Nimx671/
D'Nimtz671/
Nuijems671/
Neemetz671/

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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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  • 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 Niemz
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