Nisselbeck Surname

4,307,654th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 21 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Germany
Highest density in:
Germany

Nisselbeck Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nisselbeck Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Germany151:5,367,031196,901
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
South Africa11:54,177,704343,732
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States101:5,021,868210,693

Nisselbeck Last Name Facts

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

Nisselbeck is carried by more people in Germany than any other country or territory. It can occur in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nisselbeck? popularity and diffusion

Nisselbeck is the 4,307,654th most numerous family name world-wide, held by approximately 1 in 347,025,996 people. It occurs predominantly in Europe, where 71 percent of Nisselbeck reside; 71 percent reside in Western Europe and 71 percent reside in Germanic Europe.

It is most frequent in Germany, where it is borne by 15 people, or 1 in 5,367,031. In Germany it is mostly concentrated in: Bavaria, where 100 percent are found. Apart from Germany this last name exists in 2 countries. It is also found in The United States, where 24 percent are found and South Africa, where 5 percent are found.

Nisselbeck Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Nisselbeck has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Nisselbeck surname contracted 50 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nesselbeck9053/
Nießelbeck801/
Ngelbeck781/
Neaslbeck740/
Nettelbeck70511/
Nettlebeck7032/
Netelbeek6349/
Nlebeke598/
Nilvik502/
Nelveg501/

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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
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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 Nisselbeck
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