Nieva Surname
Approximately 59,541 people bear this surname
Nieva Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 40,539 | 1:1,054 | 145 |
| Philippines | 9,805 | 1:10,325 | 980 |
| Mexico | 2,843 | 1:43,660 | 2,398 |
| Colombia | 2,168 | 1:22,036 | 1,624 |
| Spain | 1,855 | 1:25,203 | 2,649 |
| Peru | 700 | 1:45,406 | 4,041 |
| United States | 632 | 1:573,511 | 47,017 |
| Chile | 175 | 1:100,666 | 3,794 |
| Saudi Arabia | 159 | 1:194,062 | 29,524 |
| Singapore | 86 | 1:64,043 | 2,603 |
| Venezuela | 82 | 1:368,342 | 7,849 |
| Brazil | 74 | 1:2,892,896 | 85,224 |
| Canada | 61 | 1:604,026 | 49,778 |
| France | 61 | 1:1,088,897 | 118,069 |
| Uruguay | 57 | 1:60,206 | 6,510 |
| Australia | 31 | 1:870,829 | 53,581 |
| Taiwan | 30 | 1:781,492 | 5,561 |
| England | 20 | 1:2,785,903 | 97,972 |
| Qatar | 19 | 1:124,105 | 14,725 |
| Belgium | 16 | 1:718,540 | 60,840 |
| Switzerland | 14 | 1:586,637 | 40,624 |
| United Arab Emirates | 14 | 1:654,448 | 24,061 |
| Guam | 12 | 1:13,343 | 2,098 |
| Bolivia | 10 | 1:1,061,643 | 4,908 |
| Paraguay | 9 | 1:804,083 | 8,568 |
| Russia | 7 | 1:20,589,008 | 462,339 |
| India | 7 | 1:109,580,769 | 786,157 |
| Thailand | 7 | 1:10,091,192 | 512,203 |
| Ecuador | 5 | 1:3,181,169 | 27,617 |
| Bahrain | 4 | 1:337,152 | 6,054 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Puerto Rico | 3 | 1:1,183,380 | 5,289 |
| Denmark | 3 | 1:1,881,572 | 67,227 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Panama | 2 | 1:1,956,129 | 15,285 |
| Papua New Guinea | 2 | 1:4,076,858 | 165,791 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Solomon Islands | 1 | 1:580,029 | 22,243 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| DR Congo | 1 | 1:73,879,570 | 260,543 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Mauritius | 1 | 1:1,293,417 | 16,552 |
| Honduras | 1 | 1:8,816,442 | 9,272 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Iceland | 1 | 1:380,090 | 11,096 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 1 | 1:5,972,654 | 99,197 |
| Laos | 1 | 1:6,588,323 | 1,961 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Namibia | 1 | 1:2,409,401 | 19,676 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 1:12,554,671 | 503,821 |
The alternate forms: Niéva (1) are calculated separately.
Nieva (5,138) may also be a first name.
Nieva Demographics
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Nieva Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nieva Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nieva (Russian: Ниева) occurs more in Argentina more than any other country/territory. It can be found as a variant: Niéva. For other possible spellings of Nieva click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nieva? popularity and diffusion
The surname is the 9,492nd most widely held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 122,395 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 79 percent of Nieva reside; 74 percent reside in South America and 68 percent reside in Hispanic Southern America. It is also the 94,593rd most commonly occurring given name worldwide It is held by 5,138 people.
The last name Nieva is most widely held in Argentina, where it is borne by 40,539 people, or 1 in 1,054. In Argentina Nieva is most prevalent in: Buenos Aires Province, where 26 percent are found, Tucumán Province, where 20 percent are found and Catamarca Province, where 10 percent are found. Aside from Argentina this surname exists in 58 countries. It is also common in The Philippines, where 16 percent are found and Mexico, where 5 percent are found.
Nieva Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Nieva has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nieva last name grew 15,800 percent between 1880 and 2014.
Nieva Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Nieva surname are 17.17% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 70.4% being registered with the political party.
The amount Nieva earn in different countries varies notably. In Peru they earn 21.96% more than the national average, earning S/. 23,641 per year; in Colombia they earn 9.5% more than the national average, earning $24,858,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.28% more than the national average, earning $47,586 USD per year and in Canada they earn 6.83% more than the national average, earning $53,078 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nieva Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nieva in the Russian language | ||
| Ниева | nieva | - |
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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 Nieva
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