Ñieto Surname

3,323,005th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 35 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Peru
Highest density in:
Peru

Ñieto Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Ñieto Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Peru341:934,82718,471
Argentina11:42,743,414282,706

The alternate forms: Nieto (339,503), Nietó (8) & Niéto (2) are calculated separately.

Ñieto Last Name Facts

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

The surname Ñieto is held by more people in Peru than any other country/territory. It can be rendered in the variant forms: Nieto, Nietó or Niéto. For other possible spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Ñieto? popularity and diffusion

It is the 3,323,005th most frequently occurring last name in the world, held by approximately 1 in 208,215,598 people. This last name occurs mostly in The Americas, where 100 percent of Ñieto reside; 100 percent reside in South America and 97 percent reside in Andean South America.

Ñieto is most commonly occurring in Peru, where it is held by 34 people, or 1 in 934,827. In Peru it is most prevalent in: Lima Province, where 32 percent live, Huánuco Region, where 18 percent live and Callao Region, where 15 percent live. Not including Peru this last name is found in one country. It also occurs in Argentina, where 3 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nieto93339,503/
Ñito892/
Ñeto892/
Nietó878/
Niéto872/
Nietto73517/
Nietos7389/
Nieeto7312/
Niieto735/
Niheto733/
Niesto732/
Noieto732/
Gnieto732/
Naieto731/
Nyieto731/
Nietod731/
Neto67493,657/
Nito677,164/
Niestoj6718/
Ñita672/
Nyietoo672/
Njietoh671/
Niestoy671/
Najieto671/
Gniyeto671/

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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 Ñieto
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