Niederer
surname · Latin script
Meaning: Toponymic surname meaning 'the one from below'; bearer count 141 (267)
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/ˈnidɝɝ/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Niederer is a surname written in the Latin script, most frequently recorded in the United States.
- CHSwitzerland
- USUnited States
- DEGermany
Where the name is found, darker where our sources hold more of it. No national register counts its bearers anywhere we hold data, so the map carries no figures. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
Toponymic surname meaning 'the one from below'; bearer count 141 (267).
Sources 1
- Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Recorded in:
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Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Niederer is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In German, variant of Nieder, from the inflected (masculine) form.
as a nameDictionary of American Family Names
In German, comparative degree of nieder
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Rosette Niedererb. 1779CHSwiss pedagogue
- Johannes Niedererb. 1779CH(1779-1843)
- Gottwalt Niedererb. 1837CH(1837-1899)
- Gebhard Niedererb. 1893ATAustrian school inspector and local historian
- Roberto Niedererb. 1928CHSwiss entrepreneur, glassblower and artist. He managed the Glasi Hergiswil (1928-1988)
- Peter Niedererb. 1941CHSwiss physicist and professor emeritus at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich
- Elisabeth Niedererb. 1960CHSwiss actress
- Caro Niedererb. 1963CHSwiss artist
- Nora En Pureb. 1990ZAnot in their usual nameSouth African-Swiss DJ and record producer
- Christina Niedererb. 1996CHSwiss figure skater and dancer with Russian roots
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 15 sources across 9 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH Switzerland | BFS — Familiennamen der Wohnbevölkerung (surnames) | 2024 | 1.7K | #598 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2020 | 2020 | 556 | #42,060 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2010 | 2010 | 523 | #41,579 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — Surname Frequency 2000 | 2000 | 491 | #41,722 |
| NL Netherlands | CBG Familienamenbank — Dutch surname bearer counts (GBA/BRP 2007) | 2007 | 72 | #24,256 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Apellidos más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 53 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register) | 2002 | 22 | #85,116 |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 14 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 11 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 8 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 8 | — |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 7 | #143,513 |
Reference works 3
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- 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
- What does the name Niederer mean, and where does it come from?
- Toponymic surname meaning 'the one from below'; bearer count 141 (267). Recorded by Deutscher Familiennamenatlas, Band 4: Familiennamen nach Herkunft und Wohnstätte.
- How do you pronounce Niederer?
- A machine transcription gives /ˈnidɝɝ/ (IPA) for English.
- In which country does Niederer have the most bearers?
- Niederer is most frequently recorded in the United States.
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About this data
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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, “Niederer”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.