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The surname Nie

A surname, carried by 1,725 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N000

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Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nie is more common than 89.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,725 people named Nie in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 178,983 Americans. That is up 80% since 2000, when the Census counted 961.

#16,624
rank among US surnames
1,725
people in 2010
0.6
per 100,000 Americans
+79.5%
change since 2000 (was #24,406)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#16,616Hoxie1,726178,879
#16,624Nie1,725178,983
#16,630Vanriper1,724179,087

Who is named Nie

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

77% of people named Nie identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 21% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.2% as two or more races.

  • Asian and Pacific Islander 77%
  • White (not Hispanic) 21%
  • Two or more races 1.2%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nie

Nie has the Soundex code N000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N000.

Questions

How common is the surname Nie?
1,725 people in the United States had the surname Nie in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 178,983 Americans. It ranked 16,624th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nie?
In the 2010 Census, 77% of people named Nie identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 21% as white (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Nie getting more or less common?
More common. 961 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,725 in 2010, up 80%.