How common is the surname Nissen?

4,964 people in the United States had the surname Nissen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,197 Americans. It ranked 6,796th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nissen?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nissen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Nissen?

Greta Nissen, actress (1906 – 1988), followed by George Nissen.

Where is the surname Nissen most common?

Wikidata records people named Nissen in the United States and the Austrian Empire.

Is the surname Nissen getting more or less common?

Less common. 5,018 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,964 in 2010, down 1.1%.

The surname Nissen

A surname, carried by 4,964 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N250

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nissen 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 4,964 people named Nissen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 62,197 Americans. That is down 1.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,018.

#6,796

rank among US surnames

4,964

people in 2010

1.7

per 100,000 Americans

-1.1%

change since 2000 (was #6,259)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,791	Bowes	4,967	62,159
#6,792	Coulson	4,966	62,172
#6,793	Fuhrman	4,965	62,184
#6,796	Steelman	4,964	62,197

Who is named Nissen

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

95% of people named Nissen identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.2%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nissens

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Greta Nissen
Actress (1906 – 1988)
George Nissen
American inventor of the modern trampoline (1914–2010)
Constanze Mozart
Austrian singer, 1762–1842

Notable Nissens come mostly from the United States (2) and the Austrian Empire (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nissen

Niesen

Nissen has the Soundex code N250, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N250.

Questions

How common is the surname Nissen?: 4,964 people in the United States had the surname Nissen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 62,197 Americans. It ranked 6,796th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nissen?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nissen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Nissen?: Greta Nissen, actress (1906 – 1988), followed by George Nissen.
Where is the surname Nissen most common?: Wikidata records people named Nissen in the United States and the Austrian Empire.
Is the surname Nissen getting more or less common?: Less common. 5,018 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,964 in 2010, down 1.1%.