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    The surname Nissley

    A German surname, carried by 1,489 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N240

    Nissley: #18,529 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nissley #18,529, 1,489 people Nissley: #18,529 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nissley #18,529, 1,489 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nissley is more common than 88.6% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Americanized spelling of German Nissle or Nüssli.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,489 people named Nissley in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 207,351 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,331.

    #18,529
    rank among US surnames
    1,489
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +11.9%
    change since 2000 (was #18,953)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,523Gillaspie1,490207,212
    #18,529Spady1,489207,351

    Who is named Nissley

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

    97% of people named Nissley identified as white (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 97%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Variant spellings

    Surnames that sound like Nissley

    Nissley has the Soundex code N240, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N240.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nissley come from?
    Americanized spelling of German Nissle or Nüssli.
    How common is the surname Nissley?
    1,489 people in the United States had the surname Nissley in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 207,351 Americans. It ranked 18,529th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nissley?
    In the 2010 Census, 97% of people named Nissley identified as white (not Hispanic), and 0.8% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Nissley getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,331 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,489 in 2010, up 12%.
    What are other spellings of Nissley?
    Nisley and Nisly.