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

Nievera, 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 Nievera surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Nievera in America

Nievera is the 129047th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Nievera surname appeared 132 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 Nievera.

We can also compare 2010 data for Nievera 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 Nievera

The surname NIEVERA is believed to have originated in Spain during the medieval period. It is derived from the Spanish word "nieve," meaning snow or ice, and likely referred to someone who lived in a snowy or icy region. The name may also have been a topographic surname, describing a person who lived near a glacial or icy area.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the NIEVERA surname can be found in the Becerro de Behetrías, a collection of documents from the 14th century that recorded the names of landowners and their properties in the region of Castile. This suggests that the NIEVERA surname was already well-established in Spain by that time.

In the 16th century, the NIEVERA name appeared in various records and manuscripts from the Spanish colonization of the Americas. Francisco Nievera, born around 1530 in Seville, Spain, was one of the first settlers to arrive in the Viceroyalty of New Spain (present-day Mexico) in the mid-1500s.

During the 17th century, the NIEVERA surname spread to other parts of the Spanish Empire, including the Philippines. Juan Nievera, born in 1645 in Manila, was a prominent landowner and merchant in the Philippines during the Spanish colonial period.

Another notable figure with the NIEVERA surname was Pedro Nievera, a Spanish military officer who served in the Spanish Army during the Napoleonic Wars in the early 19th century. He was born in 1785 in Cádiz, Spain, and fought against the French forces that had invaded Spain.

In the 20th century, one of the most famous individuals with the NIEVERA surname was José Nievera, a renowned Filipino singer and actor. Born in 1958 in Quezon City, Philippines, he was a popular performer throughout the 1980s and 1990s and was known for his romantic ballads and acting roles in several Filipino movies and television shows.

While the NIEVERA surname may have originated in Spain, it has since spread to various parts of the world, particularly in Hispanic communities, due to Spanish colonization and migration patterns.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Nievera

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

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

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