Last name Nius (News 
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) , around the world, is a common family name. The cognomen Nius is characteristic of Taiwan, where it is quite a common surname, Indonesia, where it is quite a rare surname, and Lithuania, where it is a rare surname. Not in comparison with a country's population, the name is most common in Taiwan, Indonesia, and Myanmar. Much less frequently, Nius is the forename as well as the last name.