as a Last Name
- 4,671
- people in the U.S. have this name View all people named Nieman
Meaning & Origins
Dutch, North German (Niemann), and Danish: 1. nickname for a newcomer to a place, from nie ‘new’ (variant of German neu or Dutch nieuw) + man ‘man’. 2. Perhaps also from niemand ‘nobody’, hence a nickname for an orphan or a person of no account.
| 6,312th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 4,671
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Iowa
- has the most people named Nieman per capita
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