The Niel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 353 people carried this name — #57,639 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 833,300 people counted. That is down 6% from 376 in 2000.
Where the name comes from
The origin of the Niel surname
A French surname, Niel.
In France, most prevalent in Seine-Maritime.
From Wiktionary, the free dictionary (en.wiktionary.org) — entry «Niel» (French), by Wiktionary contributors · licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) · excerpt, lightly adapted.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 2,099 people named Niel.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 77 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 87 people named Niel live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Niel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Adolphe Niel 1802–1869 · military personnel -
Georges Niel 1834–1917 · journalist -
Pierre Eugène Niel 1836–1905 · banker -
Léopold Niel 1846–1918 · military personnel -
Frances Niel Curdie 1849–1900 · botanical collector
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Hélène Niel d. 1969
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Niel.
- Nicosia 2,894 · U.S. census
- Nicot 135 · U.S. census
- Nicotra 767 · U.S. census
- Niederberger 289 · U.S. census
- Niederkorn 323 · U.S. census
- Niedzielski 699 · U.S. census
- Nielsen 42,773 · U.S. census
- Niemiec 2,293 · U.S. census
- Nier 437 · U.S. census
- Nierengarten 178 · U.S. census
- Nies 2,321 · U.S. census
- Niess 399 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
This page says where Niel is.
A volume says what happened to it.
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