Nijenhuis (surname) explained

Nijenhuis is a Dutch toponymic surname. It is a form of Nieuwenhuis ("new house") found most commonly in the provinces of Gelderland and Overijssel.^[1]

Geographical distribution

As of 2014, 90.9% of all known bearers of the surname Nijenhuis were residents of the Netherlands (frequency 1:3,093), 3.4% of Australia (1:116,539), 1.2% of Brazil (1:2,763,678), 1.1% of Germany (1:1,234,287) and 1.0% of Canada (1:623,695).

In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:3,093) in the following provinces:^[2]

• 1. Overijssel (1:793)
• 2. Gelderland (1:1,203)
• 3. Drenthe (1:2,270)
• 4. Friesland (1:2,623)
• 5. Flevoland (1:2,719)
• 6. Groningen (1:2,857)

People

• Albert Nijenhuis (1926–2015), Dutch and American mathematician. Named after him:
  • The mathematical operators Frölicher–Nijenhuis bracket, Nijenhuis–Richardson bracket, and Schouten–Nijenhuis bracket
• (born 1972), Dutch historian
• (1798–1868), Dutch diplomat, Minister of Foreign affairs in 1848
• Beorn Nijenhuis (born 1984), Canadian-born Dutch speed skater
• Emmie te Nijenhuis (born 1931), Dutch ethnomusicologist
• Jan te Nijenhuis (born 1964), Dutch psychologist and psychometrician
• Johan Nijenhuis (born 1968), Dutch film director and producer
• Wiebe Nijenhuis (1955–2016), Dutch weightlifter

See also

• Nienhuis, Nijhuis, different forms of the same surname

Notes and References

1. http://www.cbgfamilienamen.nl/nfb/detail_naam.php?gba_lcnaam=nijenhuis&gba_naam=Nijenhuis&nfd_naam=Nijenhuis+%28y%29&operator=cn&taal= Nijenhuis
2. https://forebears.io/surnames/nijenhuis Nijenhuis surname distribution