Nigren Surname

7,117,718th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 7 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Nigren Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nigren Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden41:2,461,689157,534
United States31:120,819,6441,331,040
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States161:3,138,668142,671

Nigren Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nigren (Russian: Нигрен) is more commonly found in Sweden than any other country/territory. It may appear as a variant:. Click here for other possible spellings of this surname.

How Common Is The Last Name Nigren? popularity and diffusion

It is the 7,117,718th most common surname on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. It occurs mostly in Europe, where 57 percent of Nigren live; 57 percent live in Northern Europe and 57 percent live in Scandinavia.

The surname Nigren is most prevalent in Sweden, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 2,461,689. In Sweden Nigren is most frequent in: Skåne County, where 75 percent live and Stockholm County, where 25 percent live. Beside Sweden Nigren is found in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 43 percent live.

Nigren Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nigren has changed through the years. In The United States the share of the population with the last name declined 81 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nigreen922/
Niegren920/
Nigrenne861/
Nygren8311,674/
Nigrin83487/
Nigrín8310/
Negren832/
Nissgreen804/
Nygreen77116/
Negreen774/
Neegren774/
Nhygren771/
Neugren770/
Naygren770/
Negrn732/
Neugreen710/
Negrin6714,415/
Nigrinová67138/
Nygrén6787/
Negrín6766/
Nygrýn6758/
Nygrin6754/
Nygryn6740/
Nigrínová6722/
Nygrín676/
Negryn675/
Nygrem673/
Négrin672/
Negrén672/
Negrën671/
Negrön671/
Nigrinova671/
Nugrin671/
Nygern671/
Nygrèn671/

Nigren Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nigren in the Russian language
Нигренnigren-

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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 Nigren
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