Nierste Surname

874,560th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 309 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Nierste Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nierste Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany2151:374,44435,419
United States941:3,855,946211,262
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

Nierste Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nierste is found most frequently in Germany. It can appear as:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nierste? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 874,560th most frequently used surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 23,584,291 people. This surname is mostly found in Europe, where 70 percent of Nierste reside; 70 percent reside in Western Europe and 70 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

The last name is most commonly held in Germany, where it is borne by 215 people, or 1 in 374,444. In Germany Nierste is mostly found in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 50 percent reside, Lower Saxony, where 32 percent reside and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, where 9 percent reside. Beside Germany Nierste exists in one country. It is also found in The United States, where 30 percent reside.

Nierste Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The occurrence of Nierste has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Nierste surname rose 1,044 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nierste Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Nierste last name are 22.46% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 69.23% being registered to vote for the party.

Nierste earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 6.51% more than the national average, earning $45,959 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nierster930/
Nierstedt8868/
Nirstedt8022/
Nerstedt8019/
Neersted801/
Nearster800/
Nurste778/
Nerrstead750/
Nejerstedt712/
Nurshteh671/
Noursteh671/
Närstedt671/
Njirsd621/
Nursthi574/
Nurshti571/

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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 Nierste
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