The Nies surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 2,321 people carried this name — #13,171 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 126,600 people counted. That is up 9% from 2,125 in 2000.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 198 people named Nies live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Limburg.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 118 people named Nies.
7 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 16 départements, most often Moselle.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
20 people named Nies live in Switzerland.
They live in 4 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Bern.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In print
Nies in American newspapers,
1907–1908.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 4,156,284 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Nies,
with a public archive behind them.
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Friedrich Nies 1804–1870 · entrepreneur
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Friedrich Nies 1839–1895 · university teacher
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August Nies 1854–1931 · teacher
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Konrad Nies 1862–1922 · writer
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Erich Nies 1890–1952 · politician
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Erich Nies 1890–1952 · politician
Wikidata (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Nies.
- Niedzielski 699 · U.S. census
- Niel 353 · 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
- Niess 399 · U.S. census
- Nieto 25,701 · U.S. census
- Niewiadomski 364 · U.S. census
- Nigon 163 · U.S. census
- Nigra 141 · U.S. census
- Nigro 4,773 · U.S. census
When the index is not enough
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