How common is the surname Nilles?

1,697 people in the United States had the surname Nilles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,936 Americans. It ranked 16,824th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nilles?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nilles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Nilles getting more or less common?

More common. 1,322 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,697 in 2010, up 28%.

The surname Nilles

A surname, carried by 1,697 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nilles is more common than 89.6% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,697 people named Nilles in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 181,936 Americans. That is up 28% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,322.

#16,824

rank among US surnames

1,697

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+28.4%

change since 2000 (was #19,048)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,824	Red	1,697	181,936
#16,833	Kaser	1,696	182,043

Who is named Nilles

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

94% of people named Nilles identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.4% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.8%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%
Two or more races 1.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nilles

Nilles has the Soundex code N420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N420.

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How common is the surname Nilles?: 1,697 people in the United States had the surname Nilles in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 181,936 Americans. It ranked 16,824th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nilles?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Nilles identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Nilles getting more or less common?: More common. 1,322 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,697 in 2010, up 28%.