The NIVEN surname in the USA

Frequency Comparisons
	Total	Rank	Frequency %	Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot)	1,301	19272	0	5
United States (1880 census)	286	14801	0.001	6
Change since 1880	+1015	-4471	+N/A	-1
Other Countries
Australia	515	3124	0.003	32
United Kingdom	2,019	2935	0.004	44

Top States for NIVEN by Total
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
California	186	12964	0.001	5
Florida	96	17174	0.001	6
Texas	81	17579	0.000	4
North Carolina	76	8308	0.001	9
New York	71	24680	0.000	4
Top States for NIVEN by Frequency
State	Total	Rank in State	Frequency %	Per million people
New Hampshire	19	7942	0.002	15
Minnesota	59	12786	0.001	12
Vermont	6	14017	0.001	10
Mississippi	28	7424	0.001	10
Arizona	49	10786	0.001	10

Notes

Total is the total number of people with that surname.
Rank is the position in the list of names ordered by total (eg, a rank of 1 means that it's the most common name, and a rank of 10 means it's the tenth most common, etc).
Frequency is the percentage of people with that surname.
Per million people is the number of people with that surname per million of the population.

'A figure of zero indicates that we don't have data for this name (usually because it's quite uncommon and our stats don't go down that far). It doesn't mean that there's no-one with that name at all!

For less common surnames, the figures get progressively less reliable the fewer holders of that name there are. This data is aggregated from several public lists, and some stats are interpolated from known values. The margin of error is well over 100% at the rarest end of the table!

For less common surnames, the frequency and "per million" values may be 0 even though there are people with that name. That's because they represent less than one in a million of the population, which ends up as 0 after rounding.

It's possible for a surname to gain in rank and/or total while being less common per million people (or vice versa) as there are now more surnames in the USA as a result of immigration. In mathematical terms, the tail has got longer, with a far larger number of less common surnames.

Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called NIVEN live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called NIVEN represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called NIVEN in California than any other state, but you are more likely to find a NIVEN by picking someone at random in New Hampshire than anywhere else.

Classification and Origin of NIVEN

Region of origin: British Isles

Country of origin: Scotland

Language of origin: Gaelic

Ethnic origin: Celtic

Religious origin: Christian

Name derivation: From given name or forename

Data for religion and/or language relates to the culture in which the NIVEN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the language spoken, or religion practised, by the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Data for ethnic origin relates to the region and country in which the NIVEN surname originated. It does not necessarily have any correlation with the ethnicity of the majority of current American citizens with that name.

Ethnic distribution of NIVEN in the USA

Classification	Total	Percent
White (Hispanic)	29	2.23
Asian/Pacific	18	1.38
Mixed Race	15	1.15
White (Caucasian)	1,229	94.47
Black/African American	Less than 100	Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan	Less than 100	Insignificant

Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the NIVEN surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.

Similar names to NIVEN

The following names have similar spellings or pronunciations as NIVEN.

This does not necessarily imply a direct relationship between the names, but may indicate names that could be mistaken for this one when written down or misheard.