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 last name Nigren (Russian: Нигрен) occurs more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nigren? popularity and diffusion

Nigren is the 7,117,718th most commonly held surname world-wide, borne by around 1 in 1,041,077,988 people. The last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 57 percent of Nigren reside; 57 percent reside in Northern Europe and 57 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most common in Sweden, where it is held by 4 people, or 1 in 2,461,689. In Sweden Nigren is primarily found in: Skåne County, where 75 percent reside and Stockholm County, where 25 percent reside. Excluding Sweden this last name occurs in one country. It also occurs in The United States, where 43 percent reside.

Nigren Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The frequency of Nigren has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nigren last name decreased 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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