Nier surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Nier surname

In the 2010 U.S. Census, 437 people carried this name — #48,347 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 666,700 people counted. That is down 2% from 445 in 2000.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 185 people named Nier.

3 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 18 départements, most often Isère.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 3
Isère 107
Drôme 16
Loire 15
Haute-Loire 15
Haute-Savoie 6
Bouches-du-Rhône 4
Rhône 4
Var 3

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Poland’s population register

40 people named Nier have a registered home in Poland.

Of the 73 in Poland’s national register, these are the ones with a permanent address on file. They live in 1 of Poland’s 16 voivodeships, most of all in Silesian.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Silesian 40

PESEL register, Ministry of Digital Affairs of Poland (dane.gov.pl) — CC0 · living people by voivodeship of permanent residence, 20 January 2026.

Who carried it

People named Nier,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Ernst Nier 1857–1936 · entrepreneur
  • Martin Nier 1901–1971 · mechanical engineer
  • Alfred Otto Carl Nier 1911–1994 · university teacher
  • Kurt Nier 1927–2019 · politician
  • Kurt Nier 1927–2019 · politician
  • Gerd Nier 1947–2026 · politician

Wikidata (CC0) · 9 lives in all are documented under this name.

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