Niersmann Surname

1,022,958th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 247 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Niersmann Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niersmann Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2291:351,55234,059
United States91:40,273,215872,126
Netherlands61:2,814,529101,176
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Belgium11:11,496,644167,539

Niersmann Last Name Facts

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

The surname Niersmann is found in Germany more than any other country/territory. It may also appear as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Niersmann? popularity and diffusion

The last name Niersmann is the 1,022,958th most common last name internationally, held by around 1 in 29,504,234 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Niersmann live; 96 percent live in Western Europe and 96 percent live in Germanic Europe.

The surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is carried by 229 people, or 1 in 351,552. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 7 percent reside and Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent reside. Besides Germany this last name is found in 4 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 4 percent reside and The Netherlands, where 2 percent reside.

Niersmann Last Name Statistics demography

Niersmann earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.84% more than the national average, earning $45,238 USD per year.

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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
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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 Niersmann
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