as a Last Name
- 18,088
- people in the U.S. have this name Get contact details for people named Nieto
Meaning & Origins
Spanish: nickname for someone descended from a prominent elder in a community or one whose memory was respected, from Spanish nieto ‘grandson’ (Latin nepos, genitive nep(o)tis, ‘grandson’, ‘nephew’).
| 2,037th in the U.S. for 2011 |
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Quick facts
- Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 18,088
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- New Mexico
- has the most people named Nieto per capita
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