Niffenegger Surname

577,768th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 544 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Switzerland

Niffenegger Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Niffenegger Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States3481:1,041,54976,349
Switzerland1461:56,2537,172
France331:2,012,810168,616
Germany121:6,708,788223,026
Brazil31:71,358,111770,017
England11:55,718,059489,080
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States141:3,587,049158,810

Niffenegger Last Name Facts

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

Niffenegger has its highest incidence in The United States. It can also be found as:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Niffenegger? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 577,768th most commonly used family name world-wide, held by around 1 in 13,396,224 people. Niffenegger occurs mostly in The Americas, where 62 percent of Niffenegger live; 62 percent live in North America and 62 percent live in Anglo-North America.

It is most prevalent in The United States, where it is carried by 348 people, or 1 in 1,041,549. In The United States Niffenegger is most common in: Iowa, where 18 percent reside, Wisconsin, where 12 percent reside and California, where 11 percent reside. Apart from The United States it occurs in 6 countries. It is also found in Switzerland, where 27 percent reside and France, where 6 percent reside.

Niffenegger Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Niffenegger has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Niffenegger surname expanded 2,486 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Niffenegger Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those bearing the Niffenegger last name are 21.98% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 68.75% being registered with the party.

Niffenegger earn somewhat more than the average income. In United States they earn 9.13% more than the national average, earning $47,088 USD per year.

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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 Niffenegger
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