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
The last name Nießen is carried by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant:. Click here for other potential spellings of Nießen.
How Common Is The Last Name Nießen? popularity and diffusion
Nießen is the 89,389th most prevalent last name on earth. It is borne by approximately 1 in 1,357,591 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 100 percent of Nießen reside; 100 percent reside in Western Europe and 100 percent reside in Germanic Europe.
The surname is most frequently occurring in Germany, where it is held by 5,354 people, or 1 in 15,037. In Germany it is most prevalent in: North Rhine-Westphalia, where 90 percent reside, Rhineland-Palatinate, where 2 percent reside and Bavaria, where 1 percent reside. Aside from Germany Nießen is found in 3 countries. It is also common in Austria, where 0 percent reside and Switzerland, where 0 percent reside.
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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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