Nieste Surname
Approximately 153 people bear this surname
Nieste Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 119 | 1:141,909 | 21,612 |
| Belgium | 28 | 1:410,594 | 42,948 |
| United States | 3 | 1:120,819,644 | 1,331,040 |
| France | 2 | 1:33,211,361 | 423,184 |
| Brazil | 1 | 1:214,074,332 | 1,693,628 |
Nieste Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nieste Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nieste is carried by more people in The Netherlands than any other country/territory. It can appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nieste? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 1,415,499th most widespread family name on a global scale. It is borne by approximately 1 in 47,631,019 people. This surname is predominantly found in Europe, where 97 percent of Nieste are found; 97 percent are found in Western Europe and 96 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Nieste is most commonly held in The Netherlands, where it is borne by 119 people, or 1 in 141,909. In The Netherlands Nieste is most common in: Limburg, where 61 percent live, North Holland, where 27 percent live and Drenthe, where 5 percent live. Apart from The Netherlands Nieste occurs in 4 countries. It also occurs in Belgium, where 18 percent live and The United States, where 2 percent live.
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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 Nieste
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