Nien Surname
Approximately 1,035 people bear this surname
Nien Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cameroon | 415 | 1:50,046 | 6,550 |
| Vietnam | 139 | 1:666,518 | 1,625 |
| Malaysia | 80 | 1:368,678 | 19,491 |
| United States | 71 | 1:5,105,055 | 259,233 |
| Hong Kong | 56 | 1:130,991 | 2,371 |
| France | 49 | 1:1,355,566 | 135,191 |
| Indonesia | 47 | 1:2,813,813 | 160,835 |
| Taiwan | 32 | 1:732,648 | 5,233 |
| Thailand | 26 | 1:2,716,859 | 279,944 |
| Netherlands | 19 | 1:888,799 | 62,169 |
| Papua New Guinea | 14 | 1:582,408 | 70,330 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| Canada | 13 | 1:2,834,276 | 161,175 |
| Australia | 11 | 1:2,454,155 | 103,534 |
| China | 7 | 1:195,331,652 | 10,124 |
| Brazil | 7 | 1:30,582,047 | 441,004 |
| Ivory Coast | 5 | 1:4,614,246 | 51,139 |
| Philippines | 4 | 1:25,309,556 | 279,062 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Germany | 3 | 1:26,835,153 | 452,368 |
| Russia | 3 | 1:48,041,019 | 639,186 |
| England | 3 | 1:18,572,686 | 338,250 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Burkina Faso | 2 | 1:9,176,050 | 23,741 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| India | 1 | 1:767,065,382 | 1,851,717 |
| Nigeria | 1 | 1:177,142,758 | 748,972 |
| South Sudan | 1 | 1:11,415,076 | 3,182 |
| Congo | 1 | 1:4,989,096 | 34,171 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 13 | 1:3,862,976 | 168,604 |
The alternate forms: Niën (3) & Niên (1) are calculated separately.
Nien (6,922) may also be a first name.
Nien Demographics
Average Nien Salary in
United States
$40,762 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nien Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nien Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nien (Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻴﻨﻪ, Russian: Ниен) occurs most in Cameroon. It may occur as a variant: Niën or Niên. Click here for further potential spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nien? popularity and diffusion
The surname Nien is the 352,108th most frequently used family name globally. It is borne by around 1 in 7,041,107 people. It is predominantly found in Africa, where 41 percent of Nien live; 40 percent live in Central Africa and 40 percent live in Central Bantu Africa. It is also the 78,161st most widely held first name internationally, borne by 6,922 people.
Nien is most frequently held in Cameroon, where it is borne by 415 people, or 1 in 50,046. In Cameroon Nien is primarily found in: West Region, where 85 percent live, Littoral Region, where 10 percent live and Centre Region, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Cameroon this surname occurs in 31 countries. It is also common in Vietnam, where 13 percent live and Malaysia, where 8 percent live.
Nien Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Nien has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nien last name grew 546 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Nien Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States Nien are 16.87% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 63.64% being registered to vote for the political party.
Nien earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 5.53% less than the national average, earning $40,762 USD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nien Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nien in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻴﻨﻪ | nynh | - |
| Nien in the Russian language | ||
| Ниен | nien | - |
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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 Nien
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