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

The surname Niens is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It may also occur as a variant: Niëns or Nièns. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

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

This last name is the 563,577^th most numerous surname in the world, borne by around 1 in 12,967,164 people. The surname occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Niens live; 93 percent live in Western Europe and 93 percent live in Germanic Europe.

This last name is most commonly occurring in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 300 people, or 1 in 56,291. In The Netherlands it is primarily found in: Overijssel, where 44 percent reside, Limburg, where 26 percent reside and Friesland, where 8 percent reside. Outside of The Netherlands this last name exists in 12 countries. It is also found in Germany, where 33 percent reside and Brazil, where 5 percent reside.

Niens Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Niens has changed over time. In The United States the share of the population with the last name fell 86 percent between 1880 and 2014.