The surname Nieves
A Spanish surname, carried by 34,896 people in the United States.
3 syllables Soundex N120
Origin
Spanish origin
Borrowed from Spanish Nieves.
One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 34,896 people named Nieves in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 8,848 Americans. That is up 25% since 2000, when the Census counted 28,011.
Who is named Nieves
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
92% of people named Nieves identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.7% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.1% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 92%
- White (not Hispanic) 5.7%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- Two or more races 0.2%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.
Famous Nievess
1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first
- María NievesArgentine tango dancer, 1934–2026
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Nieves has the Soundex code N120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N120.
Other Spanish surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Nieves come from?
- Borrowed from Spanish Nieves.
- How common is the surname Nieves?
- 34,896 people in the United States had the surname Nieves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 8,848 Americans. It ranked 1,004th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Nieves?
- In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Nieves identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.7% as white (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Nieves?
- María Nieves, Argentine tango dancer.
- Where is the surname Nieves most common?
- Wikidata records people named Nieves in Argentina.
- Is the surname Nieves getting more or less common?
- More common. 28,011 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 34,896 in 2010, up 25%.