Niss Family History
- Niss Name Meaning
- German and Danish: assimilated form of Nils, a contraction of Nikolaus (see Nicholas). Americanized spelling of German Nüss ‘nut’ (see Nuss 2). Jewish (from Ukraine and Poland): ornamental name from Yiddish dialect nis ‘nut’ (cognate with German Nüss; see 1).
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
- 14,401 Historical Documents with Niss on Ancestry
- 8,775 Birth, Marriage, and Deaths
- 1,938 Census and Voter Lists
- 1,317 Military Records
- 711 Immigration Records
- 1,660 Member Trees
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Number of Niss families
 7 - 11  3 - 6 |
 1 - 2  |
from the 1891 England and Wales Census Data
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from the 1891 Scotland Census Data
Niss census records
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from the New York Passengers List
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from the New York Passenger Lists
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from 1881 UK Census Data
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