Niß Surname
Approximately 264 people bear this surname
Niß Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 217 | 1:370,993 | 35,221 |
| Austria | 47 | 1:181,179 | 23,261 |
Niß Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Niß Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Niß is held by more people in Germany than any other country/territory. It can occur as:. Click here for other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Niß? popularity and diffusion
The surname Niß is the 978,274th most commonly held last name globally, held by approximately 1 in 27,604,341 people. This surname occurs predominantly in Europe, where 100 percent of Niß are found; 100 percent are found in Western Europe and 100 percent are found in Germanic Europe.
The last name Niß is most frequently held in Germany, where it is held by 217 people, or 1 in 370,993. In Germany Niß is most common in: Schleswig-Holstein, where 52 percent are found, Hamburg, where 23 percent are found and North Rhine-Westphalia, where 18 percent are found. Aside from Germany Niß is found in one country. It is also common in Austria, where 18 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
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- 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 Niß
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