How common is the surname Nieman?

4,907 people in the United States had the surname Nieman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,919 Americans. It ranked 6,857th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nieman?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nieman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Nieman getting more or less common?

Less common. 4,954 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,907 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Nieman

A surname, carried by 4,907 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N550

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nieman is more common than 95.8% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,907 people named Nieman in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,919 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,954.

#6,857

rank among US surnames

4,907

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #6,333)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,848	Gurule	4,915	62,817
#6,851	Eckman	4,914	62,830
#6,852	Villalba	4,913	62,843
#6,853	Kyles	4,911	62,868
#6,854	Wilmot	4,910	62,881
#6,855	Harrod	4,909	62,894
#6,856	Quijada	4,908	62,907

Who is named Nieman

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

95% of people named Nieman identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nieman

Nieman has the Soundex code N550, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N550.

Questions

How common is the surname Nieman?: 4,907 people in the United States had the surname Nieman in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,919 Americans. It ranked 6,857th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nieman?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nieman identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Nieman getting more or less common?: Less common. 4,954 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,907 in 2010, down 0.9%.