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Nieminen

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Nieminen
Language(s)Finnish
Origin
Meaningderived from niemi ("peninsula") and -nen
Region of originFinland
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.

References

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  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