Nihlén Surname
Approximately 322 people bear this surname
Nihlén Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sweden | 318 | 1:30,965 | 2,534 |
| Norway | 2 | 1:2,571,143 | 95,402 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| England | 1 | 1:55,718,059 | 489,080 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
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 more in Sweden more than any other country/territory. It can also be rendered as a variant: Nihlen. Click here to see other possible spellings of Nihlén.
How Common Is The Last Name Nihlén? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 849,693rd most widespread surname in the world, borne by approximately 1 in 22,632,130 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Nihlén are found; 100 percent are found in Northern Europe and 100 percent are found in Scandinavia.
The last name Nihlén is most commonly used in Sweden, where it is borne by 318 people, or 1 in 30,965. In Sweden Nihlén is primarily concentrated in: Skåne County, where 55 percent reside, Stockholm County, where 24 percent reside and Västra Götaland County, where 9 percent reside. Barring Sweden it occurs in 3 countries. It is also found in Norway, where 1 percent reside and Denmark, where 0 percent reside.
Phonetically Similar Names
| Surname | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nihlen | 94 | 18 | / |
| Nilén | 91 | 67 | / |
| Nyhlén | 83 | 368 | / |
| Nihleen | 77 | 13 | / |
| Niehlen | 77 | 6 | / |
| Nylén | 73 | 2,159 | / |
| Nilin | 73 | 151 | / |
| Nilen | 73 | 89 | / |
| Nelén | 73 | 29 | / |
| Nailn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Nilèn | 73 | 1 | / |
| Neihling | 71 | 0 | / |
| Nielen | 67 | 1,164 | / |
| Neilen | 67 | 357 | / |
| Nühlen | 67 | 339 | / |
| Nailen | 67 | 256 | / |
| Nehlen | 67 | 114 | / |
| Ngilin | 67 | 110 | / |
| Nehlin | 67 | 107 | / |
| Nyhlen | 67 | 96 | / |
| Nailin | 67 | 86 | / |
| Noilen | 67 | 67 | / |
| Niling | 67 | 60 | / |
| Nilina | 67 | 57 | / |
| Nielin | 67 | 51 | / |
| Nileng | 67 | 44 | / |
| Nyhlin | 67 | 30 | / |
| Nislin | 67 | 23 | / |
| Nählen | 67 | 22 | / |
| Nailyn | 67 | 16 | / |
| Nuhlen | 67 | 16 | / |
| Noilin | 67 | 13 | / |
| Nijlen | 67 | 11 | / |
| Nilion | 67 | 9 | / |
| Nilehn | 67 | 8 | / |
| Gnilin | 67 | 8 | / |
| Niläng | 67 | 8 | / |
| Neilin | 67 | 7 | / |
| Neilyn | 67 | 3 | / |
| Noilyn | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nilend | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nailne | 67 | 2 | / |
| Nhlene | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nileen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nislen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nuilyn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nilesn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nyhlèn | 67 | 1 | / |
| Nilent | 67 | 1 | / |
| Ngilen | 67 | 1 | / |
| Niolin | 67 | 1 | / |
| Neilne | 67 | 0 | / |
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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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