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    The surname Nied

    A German surname, carried by 567 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex N300

    Nied: #38,902 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Nied #38,902, 567 people Nied: #38,902 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Nied #38,902, 567 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nied is more common than 76% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Nied, a common element in placenames, possibly related to nieder (“low”).

    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 567 people named Nied in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 544,525 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 550.

    #38,902
    rank among US surnames
    567
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #37,938)

    Who is named Nied

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

    97% of people named Nied identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Hispanic, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Surnames that sound like Nied

    Nied has the Soundex code N300, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N300.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nied come from?
    Borrowed from German Nied, a common element in placenames, possibly related to nieder (“low”).
    How common is the surname Nied?
    567 people in the United States had the surname Nied in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 544,525 Americans. It ranked 38,902nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nied?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Nied identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.2% as two or more races.
    Is the surname Nied getting more or less common?
    More common. 550 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 567 in 2010, up 3.1%.