Nienhuis

Nienhuis is a Dutch toponymic surname. It is a form of Nieuwenhuis ("new house") found most commonly in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe.[1]

Geographical distribution

In 2014, 57.6% of all known bearers of the surname were residents of the Netherlands (frequency 1:9,281), 33.4% of the United States (1:342,418) and 5.4% of Canada (1:213,942).

In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:9,281) in the following provinces:[2]

People

Nienhuijs / Nienhuys
  • Jacob Nienhuys (1836–1927), Dutch tobacco plantation owner and founder of Deli Company
  • Jan Willem Nienhuys (born 1942), Dutch mathematician, book translator, and skeptic

See also

References

  1. Nienhuis at the Database of Surnames in The Netherlands
  2. Nienhuis surname distribution
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