Nigrini Surname

403,960th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 868 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
South Africa
Highest density in:
South Africa

Nigrini Surname Definition:

“Little Dark Man” in Italian. Compare Blackie in Scots (q.v.).

Nigrini Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
South Africa7581:71,4758,906
United States461:7,879,542351,394
Colombia321:1,492,94010,821
Czechia81:1,329,18491,312
Canada71:5,263,656239,735
Germany61:13,417,576340,600
Brazil21:107,037,1661,031,150
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
England11:55,718,059489,080
India11:767,065,3821,851,717
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Slovakia11:5,336,450140,422

The alternate forms: Nigríni (9) are calculated separately.

Nigrini Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

“Little Dark Man” in Italian. Compare Blackie in Scots (q.v.).

South African Surnames (1965) by Eric Rosenthal

Nigrini Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nigrini (Russian: Нигрини) occurs more in South Africa more than any other country/territory. It may be rendered in the variant forms: Nigríni. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nigrini? popularity and diffusion

The surname is the 403,960th most widespread family name in the world. It is borne by approximately 1 in 8,395,790 people. The last name Nigrini is mostly found in Africa, where 87 percent of Nigrini live; 87 percent live in Southern Africa and 87 percent live in South Bantu Africa.

This last name is most widespread in South Africa, where it is carried by 758 people, or 1 in 71,475. In South Africa it is most prevalent in: Western Cape, where 36 percent are found, Gauteng, where 32 percent are found and KwaZulu-Natal, where 9 percent are found. Outside of South Africa this surname exists in 13 countries. It is also common in The United States, where 5 percent are found and Colombia, where 4 percent are found.

Nigrini Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Nigrini surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 100% registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Nigrini earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 85.58% more than the national average, earning R 441,000 per year; in Colombia they earn 10.14% less than the national average, earning $20,400,300 COP per year; in United States they earn 13.49% more than the national average, earning $48,971 USD per year and in Canada they earn 8.95% less than the national average, earning $45,237 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nigríni959/
Nigrinis93420/
Nigrinyi9311/
Niggrini931/
Negrini8611,170/
Nigriny8670/
Nigrine866/
Négrini862/
Nigreni861/
Negrinis805/
Nigrines801/
Nigreine801/
Negrine71284/
Négrine713/
Negriny713/
Nigríny711/
Negrines672/
Nigrínyi671/
Nigrényi671/
Negrene571/
Negreany531/

Nigrini Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nigrini in the Russian language
Нигриниnigrini-

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