How common is the surname Niemann?

4,184 people in the United States had the surname Niemann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,792 Americans. It ranked 7,908th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Niemann?

In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Niemann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Niemann?

Hans Niemann, American chess grandmaster.

Where is the surname Niemann most common?

Wikidata records people named Niemann in the United States.

Is the surname Niemann getting more or less common?

More common. 3,998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,184 in 2010, up 4.7%.

The surname Niemann

A surname, carried by 4,184 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). Niemann is more common than 95.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,184 people named Niemann in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 73,792 Americans. That is up 4.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,998.

#7,908

rank among US surnames

4,184

people in 2010

1.4

per 100,000 Americans

+4.7%

change since 2000 (was #7,676)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#7,899	Bunton	4,191	73,669
#7,900	Waldon	4,190	73,686
#7,903	Sikorski	4,189	73,704
#7,904	Sutphin	4,188	73,721
#7,905	Huntsman	4,187	73,739
#7,906	McAuley	4,186	73,757
#7,907	Pegram	4,185	73,774

Who is named Niemann

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

96% of people named Niemann identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 96%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
Two or more races 0.9%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Niemanns

1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

Hans Niemann
American chess grandmaster, born 2003

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Niemann

Niemann 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 Niemann?: 4,184 people in the United States had the surname Niemann in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 73,792 Americans. It ranked 7,908th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Niemann?: In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Niemann identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Niemann?: Hans Niemann, American chess grandmaster.
Where is the surname Niemann most common?: Wikidata records people named Niemann in the United States.
Is the surname Niemann getting more or less common?: More common. 3,998 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,184 in 2010, up 4.7%.