Niewöhner Surname

336,818th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 1,094 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Niewöhner Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niewöhner Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany1,0861:74,1309,378
Sweden31:3,282,252190,759
Netherlands21:8,443,588136,641
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Brazil11:214,074,3321,693,628
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States91:5,579,854232,921

The alternate forms: Niewohner (219) are calculated separately.

Niewöhner Last Name Facts

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

The last name Niewöhner is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered in the variant forms: Niewohner. Click here for other possible spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Niewöhner? popularity and diffusion

The last name Niewöhner is the 336,818th most frequently used family name globally, borne by around 1 in 6,661,377 people. The last name Niewöhner occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Niewöhner reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

This surname is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 1,086 people, or 1 in 74,130. In Germany Niewöhner is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 74 percent are found, Lower Saxony, where 9 percent are found and Bavaria, where 4 percent are found. Not including Germany it exists in 5 countries. It is also found in Sweden, where 0 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 0 percent are found.

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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
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