Nissen is used as a family name or surname in Germany. It is 6 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Nissen
No. of characters: 6
Origin: Germany
Meaning:

The son of Nis, a pet form of Nils meaning "champion," or Nicolaus meaning "people's victory".

How popular is Nissen?

Nissen is common in Germany, Denmark, United States, Australia, Canada, Netherlands, Sweden, England, South Africa, Norway, Belgium, New Zealand.

Nissen is ranked 19468 on our list.

As per 2010 US census, number of Nissens plummeted by 1.08 per cent to 4964 since 2000 and slipped by 537 spots and ranked at 6796. The last name was found in around 2 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 95 95.48
Hispanic or Latino 2.26 1.57
Others 1.31 1.16
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.99 1
Nissen is quite popular family name mostly used in Germany however Denmark lie ahead in terms of density. Around 28207 people have been found who wears Nissen as their family name. Nissen is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with thousands of Nissen:
1,092 Germany9,139
44 Denmark7,982
6,296 United States6,931
3,197 Australia1,163
Countries with hundreds of Nissen:
8,989 Canada457
7,203 Netherlands397
2,829 Sweden282
17,801 England271
22,133 South Africa260
2,677 Norway247
12,193 Belgium149
5,995 New Zealand130
Countries with low frequency i.e., 50 - 100:
85,408 France100
34,406 Argentina93
74,479 Brazil88
7,355 Finland85
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
15,901 Switzerland47
24,142 Mexico37
194,829 Russia36
247,258 Thailand33
233 Greenland32
11,205 Scotland25
51,392 Spain25
5,220 Guatemala19
5,975 Paraguay17
20,476 Chile17
14,535 Ecuador16
83,604 Malaysia14
313 British Virgin Islands12
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
40,289 United Arab Emirates8
520,071 Indonesia7
5,222 Hong Kong6
156,558 Poland6
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Immigrants to US

From Germany

Farmer N. Nissen from See Schleswig Holstein (130) aboard the Der Alte Peter from Hamburg. He is registered to be 22 years old when he arrived in USA on May 15, 1852. Bertha Nissen (10) Laborer, 40 years old Cathrine Nissen, Christine Nissen, aged 7, 37 years old J.H. Nissen, 10 years old Anna-Christine Nissen, Farmer Christine-Dorothea Nissen, Christine-Margarethe Nissen, 41 years old Christine-Margarethe Nissen, and 675 other Nissen around 49.7% of whom were farmer while others worked as laborer and bricklayer, seaman, clerk, tailor, joiner, daughter, engineer, dyer, merchant, servant, mariner, baker, mason, butcher, smith, tinman migrated to US.

Nissen Namesakes

  • Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, Danish diplomat and music historian
  • Peter Norman Nissen, Canadian-American-British mining engineer
  • George Nissen, American gymnast and inventor
  • Thisbe Nissen, American author
  • Rasmus Tønder Nissen, Norwegian, educator, theologian and politician
  • John Nissen, British inventor, technologist
  • Bruce Nissen, professor of labor studies and director of research at the Center for Labor Research and Studies at Florida International University
  • Greta Nissen, in Oslo, Norway, Nissen was originally a dancer
  • Brian Nissen, British actor and television continuity announcer

Nissen Namesakes

  • Georg Nikolaus von Nissen, Danish diplomat and music historian
  • Peter Norman Nissen, Canadian-American-British mining engineer
  • George Nissen, American gymnast and inventor
  • Thisbe Nissen, American author
  • Rasmus Tønder Nissen, Norwegian, educator, theologian and politician
  • John Nissen, British inventor, technologist
  • Bruce Nissen, professor of labor studies and director of research at the Center for Labor Research and Studies at Florida International University
  • Greta Nissen, in Oslo, Norway, Nissen was originally a dancer
  • Brian Nissen, British actor and television continuity announcer

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