Nieman is used as a family name or surname in South Africa. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nieman
No. of characters: 6
Origin: South Africa
Meaning: Currently, no meaning found for Nieman

How popular is Nieman?

Nieman is common in South Africa.

Nieman is ranked 40174 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Niemans plummeted by 0.9487283 per cent to 4907 since 2000 and slipped by 524 spots and ranked at 6857. The last name was found in around 17 per 1 million population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95.37 96.71
Hispanic or Latino 2.43 1.39
Others 0.94 0.81
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.51 0.3
Black 0.41 0.4
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.35 0.38
Nieman is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while South Africa is ahead in terms of density. Around 12171 people have been found who wears Nieman as their family name. Nieman is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 1 - 10:
25,074 Greece3
124,220 Italy2
95,312 Argentina2
17,547 Colombia2
34,572 Israel2
3,791 Namibia2
18,035 Egypt2
23,434 Burkina Faso1
49,101 Denmark1
2,877 Cuba1
123,175 Tanzania1
3,993 El Salvador1
25,746 Finland1
5,553 Taiwan1
77,122 Sweden1
7,895 South Korea1
50,307 Saudi Arabia1
8,828 Puerto Rico1
31,207 Ireland1
199,150 Kazakhstan1
29,046 Japan1
56,169 Mexico1
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
14,946 New Zealand38
28,564 Switzerland36
29,383 United Arab Emirates31
68,343 Spain23
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
31,862 Australia71
29,438 Belgium52
Countries with hundreds of Nieman:
3,523 Netherlands731
8,882 Canada455
21,711 England237
59,024 Germany168
64,630 Brazil143
Countries with thousands of Nieman:
6,292 United States6,174
1,662 South Africa3,982
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

Currier Bridgt. Nieman and currier Edward Nieman from Great Britain aboard the Thetis from Limerick during the Irish famine. Bridgt. is registered to be 14 years old when she arrived in USA on June 20, 1851.

Nieman Namesakes

  • Randall Nieman, Musician
  • Anjolie Nieman, Actress
  • Jerrod Niemann, Singer-songwriter
  • Jerrod Niemann, Singer-songwriter
  • Butch Nieman, Baseball player
  • Johan Niemann, Bass player
  • Jeff Niemann, Baseball pitcher
  • Albert Niemann, Chemist
  • Bob Nieman, Baseball player
  • Gunda Niemann-Stirnemann, Speed Skater
  • John Nieman portrayed vital character of Charlie Graves and Police Captain in 2015 horror flick Loon.

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