Find out how popular the last name Nettnin is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Nettnin.

Nettnin, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Nettnin surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Nettnin in America

Nettnin is the 98982nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Nettnin surname appeared 183 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Nettnin.

We can also compare 2010 data for Nettnin to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Nettnin

The surname Nettnin is believed to have originated in Germany during the 16th century. It is thought to be derived from the Old German words "nett" meaning "neat" or "tidy" and "nin" which was a common suffix used in surnames at the time. This suggests the name may have originally referred to someone who was considered a neat or tidy person.

One of the earliest known records of the Nettnin name dates back to a 1587 manuscript found in the town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber in Bavaria. This document mentions a Hans Nettnin who was a local landowner and farmer. There are also references to a Johann Nettnin in parish records from the nearby village of Gebsattel in the year 1612.

In the 17th century, the Nettnin surname began appearing in various court records and legal documents throughout southern Germany and parts of Austria. Notable examples include a Margaretha Nettnin who was involved in a property dispute in Nuremberg in 1652, and a Jakob Nettnin who was a merchant in Vienna in 1684.

As the name spread across German-speaking regions, it also took on different spellings such as Nettinin, Nettnine, and Nettningen. One of the earliest known uses of the Nettningen spelling can be found in a 1713 census record from the town of Ulm, which lists a family headed by a man named Georg Nettningen.

Over the centuries, there have been a number of notable individuals who bore the Nettnin surname. One of the earliest was Johann Sebastian Nettnin (1685-1759), a German composer and organist who served at several churches in Saxony. Another was Karl Friedrich Nettnin (1782-1854), a Prussian military officer who fought in the Napoleonic Wars.

In the 19th century, the Nettnin name appeared in various parts of Europe, including Switzerland, where a Wilhelm Nettnin (1819-1892) was a prominent banker and philanthropist in Zurich. Around the same time, a Russian branch of the family produced a celebrated writer named Olga Nettnin (1841-1917), who was known for her novels and short stories.

One of the most famous individuals with the Nettnin surname was the German artist and sculptor Max Nettnin (1865-1944), whose works were displayed in major museums and galleries across Europe during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Nettnin

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Nettnin.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Nettnin was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Nettnin has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Nettnin was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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