Nievergelt Surname

585,898th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 534 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Switzerland
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Nievergelt Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nievergelt Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Switzerland4871:16,8642,769
United States211:17,259,949572,238
Thailand71:10,091,192512,203
Australia51:5,399,140162,351
Canada31:12,281,864364,614
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
England21:27,859,030389,889
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Dominican Republic11:10,432,93236,508
France11:66,422,722504,397
Germany11:80,505,459560,955
Peru11:31,784,12364,452
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422
Togo11:7,247,76812,049

Nievergelt Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nievergelt is more commonly found in Switzerland than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nievergelt? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 585,898th most frequently occurring last name on a global scale It is held by approximately 1 in 13,647,090 people. The last name is mostly found in Europe, where 92 percent of Nievergelt are found; 91 percent are found in Western Europe and 90 percent are found in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most widely held in Switzerland, where it is held by 487 people, or 1 in 16,864. In Switzerland it is most common in: Canton of Zürich, where 76 percent live, Canton of Aargau, where 6 percent live and Canton of St Gallen, where 4 percent live. Without taking into account Switzerland this surname occurs in 13 countries. It also occurs in The United States, where 4 percent live and Thailand, where 1 percent live.

Nievergelt Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Nievergelt last name are 3.23% more likely to be registered Republicans than the national average, with 50% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Nievergelt earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 6.96% less than the national average, earning S/. 18,036 per year and in United States they earn 48.03% more than the national average, earning $63,875 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nevergelt951/
Nievergeld9061/
Niewergeldt861/
Niewergeld806/
Nuwergelt741/
Nuwergeldt702/
Nuwergeld6312/

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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 Nievergelt
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