Nihues Surname
Approximately 78 people bear this surname
Nihues Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 76 | 1:2,816,768 | 83,410 |
| Germany | 1 | 1:80,505,459 | 560,955 |
| United States | 1 | 1:362,458,933 | 1,988,048 |
Nihues Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nihues Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nihues is held by more people in Brazil than any other country/territory. It may appear in the variant forms:. For other possible spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nihues? popularity and diffusion
The last name Nihues is the 2,136,387th most frequently held family name on earth, held by around 1 in 93,430,076 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 99 percent of Nihues are found; 97 percent are found in South America and 97 percent are found in Luso-South America.
It is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is borne by 76 people, or 1 in 2,816,768. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Paraná, where 53 percent are found, Santa Catarina, where 32 percent are found and Mato Grosso do Sul, where 9 percent are found. Without taking into account Brazil it is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Germany, where 1 percent are found and The United States, where 1 percent are found.
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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 Nihues
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