Nießen Surname
Approximately 5,368 people bear this surname
Nießen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 5,354 | 1:15,037 | 1,971 |
| Austria | 12 | 1:709,620 | 61,025 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nießen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nießen Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nießen is more frequently found in Germany than any other country or territory. It may be found as:. Click here for further possible spellings of Nießen.
How Common Is The Last Name Nießen? popularity and diffusion
Nießen is the 89,389th most prevalent surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,357,591 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nießen live; 100 percent live in Western Europe and 100 percent live in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most prevalent in Germany, where it is borne by 5,354 people, or 1 in 15,037. In Germany it is most frequent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent live, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent live and Bavaria, where 1 percent live. Other than Germany this surname occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Austria, where 0 percent live and Switzerland, where 0 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 Nießen
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