as a Last Name
- 46,553
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Nielsen
Meaning & Origins
Danish, Norwegian, and North German (especially Schleswig-Holstein): patronymic from the personal name Niels, a reduced form of Nikolaus (see Nicholas).
| 740th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 46,553
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Utah
- has the most people named Nielsen per capita
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