Ñiquen

surname · Latin script

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 3 countries

/ɲiken/(machine-generated) Spanish · model-generated

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Ñiquen is a surname written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Peru than in any other country.

  • PEPeru≈1 in 25K(inferred from the name graph)
  • UYUruguay1 in 178K
  • SESweden≈1 in 1.4Mfew records

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

Peru (inferred from the name graph)

≈1,400 people, est.

Record sources
37 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

≈1 in 25K (inferred from the name graph)

Peru, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Spellings & scripts

(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Niquen in AR Argentina, ES Spain and Niquén in SE Sweden.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Attested across 6 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Ñiquen counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Ñiquen is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
PE Peru≈1,400 est.≈1 in 25K—Ñiquen37
CL Chile≈40 est.≈1 in 490K—Ñiquen13
ES Spain291 in 1.7M29Niquen8
AR Argentina261 in 1.7M26Niquen13
BR Brazil≈22 est.≈1 in 9.8M—Ñiquen8
UY Uruguay191 in 178K19Ñiquen3
SE Sweden≈7 est.≈1 in 1.4M—Niquén3

Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: RENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national); INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); INE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal); INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Ñiquen is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Japanese surname2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru

    Also written Niquen

  • Italian surname4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru

    Also written Niquen, Ňiquen, Niquén

  • Hindi surname6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru

    Also written Niquen, Niquén, Ñiquén

  • Arabic surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, United States

    Also written Niquen, Niquén

  • French surname3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Peru, France, United States

    Also written Niquen

17 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

How to address them

(machine-generated)
FormalEstimado/a Ñiquen,Dear Ñiquen, (English)
InformalEstimado/a Ñiquen,Hello, (English)

Evidence

(measured from records)

5 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 3 countries.

Official registers attesting Ñiquen
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
AR ArgentinaRENAPER — Apellidos (person counts, national)—26—
ES SpainINE — Apellidos más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal)—21#81,564
ES SpainINE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos)—21#80,648

Reference works 1

  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Ñiquen?
In Spanish /ɲiken/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.
In which country does Ñiquen have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 1.4 thousand people named Ñiquen in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled ñiquen.
How common is the name Ñiquen?
In Spain, the national register counted 29 people named Ñiquen, about 1 in 1.7 million residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Ñiquen”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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