Niessens Surname
Approximately 33 people bear this surname
Niessens Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 32 | 1:359,270 | 39,406 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Niessens Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niessens Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Niessens occurs more in Belgium more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant:. Click here for further potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Niessens? popularity and diffusion
Niessens is the 3,432,070th most widespread surname on a worldwide basis, borne by approximately 1 in 220,834,725 people. This last name is mostly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Niessens reside; 97 percent reside in Western Europe and 97 percent reside in Gallo-Europe.
This last name is most frequently held in Belgium, where it is carried by 32 people, or 1 in 359,270. In Belgium Niessens is mostly found in: Walloon Region, where 100 percent reside. Excluding Belgium Niessens is found in one country. It is also common in The United States, where 3 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nissens | 93 | 88 | / |
| Nessens | 93 | 13 | / |
| Niesens | 93 | 0 | / |
| Naessens | 88 | 4,314 | / |
| Nijssens | 88 | 15 | / |
| Neassens | 88 | 5 | / |
| Neyssens | 88 | 3 | / |
| Nisens | 86 | 1 | / |
| Nyssens | 80 | 249 | / |
| Naesens | 80 | 91 | / |
| Neisens | 80 | 39 | / |
| Neusens | 80 | 14 | / |
| Neysens | 80 | 8 | / |
| Nussens | 80 | 1 | / |
| Neysschens | 78 | 11 | / |
| Niens | 77 | 562 | / |
| Nayssens | 75 | 1 | / |
| Nysschens | 71 | 212 | / |
| Neyschens | 71 | 59 | / |
| Nesins | 71 | 18 | / |
| Nijens | 71 | 3 | / |
| Nizens | 71 | 2 | / |
| Naissence | 71 | 1 | / |
| Niensh | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nezens | 71 | 1 | / |
| Nicens | 71 | 0 | / |
| Nieins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Nisins | 71 | 0 | / |
| Nuijens | 67 | 394 | / |
| Neijens | 67 | 186 | / |
| Neujens | 67 | 66 | / |
| Noijens | 67 | 51 | / |
| Niheuns | 67 | 3 | / |
| Nichens | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nyssins | 67 | 1 | / |
| Noisenx | 67 | 0 | / |
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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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Niessens
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