Nieves Family History
Nieves Name Meaning
religious byname, from the title María de las
Nieves ‘Mary of the Snows’, given particularly to children born on
5 August, on which date the Virgin allegedly once caused it to snow in
Rome. It is possible that the surname derives in part from a nickname
for someone with snow-white hair.Castilianized form of the
Galician and Asturian-Leonese habitational name Neves.
Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Name Distribution of Nieves Families
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United States
England & Wales
Scotland
Number of Nieves families
 243 - 484  82 - 242 |
 1 - 81  |
from the 1920 US Federal Census Data
Number of Nieves families
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7 - 12 3 - 6 |
1 - 2 |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
Number of Nieves families
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3 - 2 2 - 2 |
1 |
from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
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Nieves Family Origin
Nieves Immigration Information
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Nieves Family Occupations
from 1880 Federal Census Data
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