Nihlén Surname

849,693rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 322 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Sweden
Highest density in:
Sweden

Nihlén Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

DNA test information

Nihlén Surname Distribution Map

By incidenceBy frequencyBy rank
Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ARank (high to low)Rank (low to high)
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Sweden3181:30,9652,534
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
England11:55,718,059489,080
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States11:50,218,684817,899

The alternate forms: Nihlen (18) are calculated separately.

Nihlén Last Name Facts

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

The surname Nihlén occurs in Sweden more than any other country or territory. It may occur in the variant forms: Nihlen. For other possible spellings of Nihlén click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nihlén? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nihlén is the 849,693rd most widespread surname at a global level. It is borne by approximately 1 in 22,632,130 people. Nihlén occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nihlén reside; 100 percent reside in Northern Europe and 100 percent reside in Scandinavia.

The last name is most widely held in Sweden, where it is borne by 318 people, or 1 in 30,965. In Sweden it is primarily concentrated in: Skåne County, where 55 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 24 percent reside and Västra Götaland County, where 9 percent reside. Outside of Sweden Nihlén is found in 3 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 percent reside.

Phonetically Similar Names

Incidence (high to low)Incidence (low to high)Alphabetic A-ZAlphabetic Z-ASimilarity (high to low)Similarity (low to high)Prevalent jurisdiction A-ZPrevalent jurisdiction Z-A
SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nihlen9418/
Nilén9167/
Nyhlén83368/
Nihleen7713/
Niehlen776/
Nylén732,159/
Nilin73151/
Nilen7389/
Nelén7329/
Nailn731/
Nilèn731/
Neihling710/
Nielen671,164/
Neilen67357/
Nühlen67339/
Nailen67256/
Nehlen67114/
Ngilin67110/
Nehlin67107/
Nyhlen6796/
Nailin6786/
Noilen6767/
Niling6760/
Nilina6757/
Nielin6751/
Nileng6744/
Nyhlin6730/
Nislin6723/
Nählen6722/
Nailyn6716/
Nuhlen6716/
Noilin6713/
Nijlen6711/
Nilion679/
Nilehn678/
Gnilin678/
Niläng678/
Neilin677/
Neilyn673/
Noilyn672/
Nilend672/
Nailne672/
Nhlene671/
Nileen671/
Nislen671/
Nuilyn671/
Nilesn671/
Nyhlèn671/
Nilent671/
Ngilen671/
Niolin671/
Neilne670/
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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 Nihlén
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