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

Niederberger, 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 Niederberger surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Niederberger in America

Niederberger is the 68122nd most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Niederberger surname appeared 289 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 Niederberger.

We can also compare 2010 data for Niederberger 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 Niederberger

The surname NIEDERBERGER originated in the German-speaking regions of Europe, most likely in the southern parts of Germany, Austria or Switzerland. It is a locative name, derived from the German words "nieder" meaning "lower" and "Berg" meaning "mountain" or "hill." This suggests that the name was initially given to someone who lived in a settlement located at the base or lower part of a mountain range.

The earliest recorded instances of the surname can be traced back to the 13th and 14th centuries in various regions of Germany and Switzerland. In the medieval German records of Konstanz, a town in southern Germany near the Swiss border, the name Niederberger is documented as early as 1285. Similarly, in the Swiss Canton of Bern, the name appears in records from the late 14th century, with variations such as Nidernberg and Niderberg.

One of the earliest known bearers of the name was Hans Niederberger, a merchant and citizen of Zurich, Switzerland, who lived in the late 15th century. Another notable figure was Kaspar Niederberger, a Swiss Protestant reformer and theologian from the city of Schaffhausen, who lived between 1534 and 1618.

In the 16th century, the name Niederberger can be found in various German-speaking regions, including the Palatinate region of present-day southwestern Germany, where it is recorded in the town of Neustadt an der Weinstraße. During this period, the surname also appears in records from the Alsace region, which was then part of the Holy Roman Empire, with spellings such as Niderberger and Niedenberger.

One of the most prominent individuals with this surname was Johann Niederberger, a German-born mathematician and astronomer who lived from 1615 to 1683. He served as the court mathematician and astronomer to the Elector of Bavaria and made significant contributions to the fields of astronomy and mathematics.

Throughout the 17th and 18th centuries, the Niederberger surname continued to be found in various parts of southern Germany, as well as in the German-speaking regions of Switzerland and Austria. In the 19th century, bearers of the name can be traced to regions such as Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria in Germany, as well as the Swiss cantons of Zurich and Bern.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Niederberger

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

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 Niederberger 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 Niederberger 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 Niederberger was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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