Ní Surname
Approximately 1,251 people bear this surname
Ní Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 1,082 | 1:4,352 | 739 |
| Brazil | 57 | 1:3,755,690 | 104,031 |
| England | 36 | 1:1,547,724 | 66,012 |
| Northern Ireland | 24 | 1:76,876 | 5,365 |
| Scotland | 10 | 1:535,382 | 20,332 |
| United States | 7 | 1:51,779,848 | 968,877 |
| Netherlands | 7 | 1:2,412,454 | 94,797 |
| Australia | 5 | 1:5,399,140 | 162,351 |
| Canada | 5 | 1:7,369,118 | 289,406 |
| Belgium | 3 | 1:3,832,215 | 117,288 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| Switzerland | 2 | 1:4,106,458 | 122,336 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Sri Lanka | 1 | 1:20,808,560 | 18,521 |
| Norway | 1 | 1:5,142,286 | 129,201 |
| Ghana | 1 | 1:27,020,692 | 23,742 |
| France | 1 | 1:66,422,722 | 504,397 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
The alternate forms: Ni (1,989,657) & Nì (3) are calculated separately.
Ní Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Ní Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Ní is found in Ireland more than any other country/territory. It may be found as: Ni or Nì. Click here for further possible spellings of this last name.
How Common Is The Last Name Ní? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 303,202nd most commonly held family name worldwide, held by approximately 1 in 5,825,376 people. This last name occurs mostly in Europe, where 94 percent of Ní are found; 92 percent are found in Northern Europe and 92 percent are found in British Isles.
The last name Ní is most common in Ireland, where it is held by 1,082 people, or 1 in 4,352. In Ireland it is mostly concentrated in: Leinster, where 66 percent live, Connaught, where 20 percent live and Munster, where 12 percent live. Not including Ireland this surname exists in 20 countries. It is also common in Brazil, where 5 percent live and England, where 3 percent live.
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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 Ní
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