How common is the surname Nees?

1,476 people in the United States had the surname Nees in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,177 Americans. It ranked 18,640th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nees?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Nees identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Nees?

Vic Nees, Belgian conductor and composer (1936-2013).

Where is the surname Nees most common?

Wikidata records people named Nees in Belgium.

Is the surname Nees getting more or less common?

More common. 1,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,476 in 2010, up 3.9%.

The surname Nees

A German surname, carried by 1,476 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nees is more common than 88.5% of them.

Origin

German origin

* As a Scottish surname, variant of Neece. * As a German and Dutch surname, Americanized from Nies, Neese.

One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,476 people named Nees in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 209,177 Americans. That is up 3.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,420.

#18,640

rank among US surnames

1,476

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+3.9%

change since 2000 (was #18,101)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#18,633	Cuyler	1,477	209,036
#18,640	Nees	1,476	209,177
#18,648	Spafford	1,475	209,319

Who is named Nees

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

93% of people named Nees identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.5% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.5%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Neess

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Vic Nees
Belgian conductor and composer (1936-2013)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nees

Nees has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

Other German surnames

All 1,101 German surnames

Questions

Where does the surname Nees come from?: * As a Scottish surname, variant of Neece. * As a German and Dutch surname, Americanized from Nies, Neese.
How common is the surname Nees?: 1,476 people in the United States had the surname Nees in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 209,177 Americans. It ranked 18,640th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nees?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Nees identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Nees?: Vic Nees, Belgian conductor and composer (1936-2013).
Where is the surname Nees most common?: Wikidata records people named Nees in Belgium.
Is the surname Nees getting more or less common?: More common. 1,420 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,476 in 2010, up 3.9%.