Nills Surname

2,483,783rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 60 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Solomon Islands

Nills Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nills Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States341:10,660,557428,392
Liberia61:734,75629,369
Russia51:28,824,611530,332
Ukraine21:22,761,348425,733
Canada21:18,422,796409,488
France11:66,422,722504,397
Latvia11:2,050,04660,295
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Uganda11:39,039,279258,887
Belarus11:9,501,059159,228
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England101:2,437,53768,340
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States361:1,394,96375,931

Nills (126) may also be a first name.

Nills Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nills (Russian: Нилльс) is found most in The United States. It can also be found as:. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nills? popularity and diffusion

The surname Nills is the 2,483,783rd most commonly used last name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 121,459,099 people. Nills occurs mostly in The Americas, where 60 percent of Nills live; 60 percent live in North America and 60 percent live in Anglo-North America. Nills is also the 829,183rd most widely held first name at a global level, borne by 126 people.

The last name Nills is most frequently used in The United States, where it is borne by 34 people, or 1 in 10,660,557. In The United States Nills is mostly found in: Colorado, where 32 percent live, Michigan, where 12 percent live and South Dakota, where 12 percent live. Beside The United States Nills exists in 15 countries. It is also found in Liberia, where 10 percent live and Russia, where 8 percent live.

Nills Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Nills has changed over time. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nills last name declined 6 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nills Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Nills surname are 6.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than The US average, with 60% being registered with the party.

Nills earn a lot more than the average income. In United States they earn 49.11% more than the national average, earning $64,338 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nilles914,523/
Niells911/
Nils89413/
Nielles8386/
Nilless832/
Niels801,022/
Nells80162/
Nihls8052/
Nilse8023/
Nilsh801/
Niols801/
Nilhs800/
Nillesse776/
Nls7564/
Nelles735,373/
Niglis73200/
Nuells7359/
Niehls7355/
Nihlås734/
Neulls734/
Noells732/
Nielsh732/
Nilsth732/
Nniels731/
Nilsch730/
Nels67748/
Niellez67140/
Nelless6771/
Nilz6764/
Nellsch6737/
Nielsch6718/
Nåls678/
Nles677/
Nyls673/
Nuelles673/
Nhls672/
Nilsova671/
Nellesø671/
Nilsche671/
Nöllsch671/
Nlsd671/
Nellest670/

Nills Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nills in the Russian language
Нилльсnills-

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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 Nills
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