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    The surname Nies

    A surname, carried by 2,321 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex N200

    Nies: #13,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nies #13,171, 2,321 people Nies: #13,171 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nies #13,171, 2,321 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nies is more common than 91.9% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,321 people named Nies in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 133,023 Americans. That is up 9.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,125.

    #13,171
    rank among US surnames
    2,321
    people in 2010
    0.8
    per 100,000 Americans
    +9.2%
    change since 2000 (was #13,181)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #13,165Pettyjohn2,323132,908
    #13,166Ziemer2,322132,965
    #13,171Tedeschi2,321133,023
    #13,177Kennison2,320133,080

    Who is named Nies

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

    95% of people named Nies identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.6%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nies

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

    Questions

    How common is the surname Nies?
    2,321 people in the United States had the surname Nies in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 133,023 Americans. It ranked 13,171st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nies?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nies identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Nies getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,125 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,321 in 2010, up 9.2%.