Nieuw Surname

1,710,039th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 114 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Netherlands
Highest density in:
Aruba

Nieuw Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nieuw Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Netherlands891:189,74426,758
Aruba91:11,4971,511
Belgium81:1,437,08092,692
Venezuela21:15,102,03869,873
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
England11:55,718,059489,080
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Sri Lanka11:20,808,56018,521
United States11:362,458,9331,988,048

Nieuw (12) may also be a first name.

Nieuw Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nieuw is found most frequently in The Netherlands. It can also be found as:. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nieuw? popularity and diffusion

It is the 1,710,039th most prevalent surname on earth It is held by approximately 1 in 63,925,841 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Europe, where 87 percent of Nieuw reside; 86 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe. Nieuw is also the 3,306,491st most frequently held first name world-wide, borne by 12 people.

This surname is most commonly used in The Netherlands, where it is carried by 89 people, or 1 in 189,744. In The Netherlands Nieuw is mostly found in: North Holland, where 25 percent are found, Limburg, where 17 percent are found and South Holland, where 16 percent are found. Not including The Netherlands Nieuw occurs in 9 countries. It is also common in Aruba, where 8 percent are found and Belgium, where 7 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nieuwe9163/
Nyieuw916/
Niuw892/
Ngiuw8030/
Njeuw801/
Niehub734/
Neow67162/
Niub678/
Niehauf675/
Nyuw673/
Niuf671/

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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 Nieuw
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