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

The last name Niess occurs more in France more than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

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

This surname is the 188,085^th most frequently occurring family name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 3,240,349 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 67 percent of Niess live; 63 percent live in Western Europe and 35 percent live in Gallo-Europe. It is also the 3,487,849^th most frequently occurring given name worldwide. It is borne by 11 people.

The last name is most prevalent in France, where it is held by 796 people, or 1 in 83,446. In France Niess is mostly found in: Grand Est, where 84 percent live, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, where 4 percent live and Île-de-France, where 4 percent live. Barring France it occurs in 22 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 28 percent live and Germany, where 24 percent live.

Niess Family Population Trend ^{historical fluctuation}

The prevalency of Niess has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Niess surname grew 772 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it decreased 83 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Niess Last Name Statistics ^demography

In The United States those holding the Niess last name are 19.63% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 66.4% being registered to vote for the political party.

Niess earn around the same as the average income. In United States they earn 4.38% more than the national average, earning $45,041 USD per year.