Nieminen

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Nieminen
Language(s) Finnish
Origin
Meaningderived from niemi ("peninsula") and -nen
Region of origin Finland
Other names
Variant form(s) Niemi (surname)

Nieminen is a surname of Virtanen type originating in Finland (in Finnish, niemi means "peninsula", '-nen' is a surname-deriving suffix), where it is the third most common [1] surname.

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References

  1. As of March 2010, "Most common surnames" [ dead link ], Finnish Population Register Center Archived 2010-05-23 at the Wayback Machine (English version), verkkopalvelut.vrk.fi/Nimipalvelu