About the Neiman Surname

The last name Neiman is a variant form of Niemann, a German family name. The family name meaning is “New man”, the same as for Niemann.

• Census takers and immigration officers often wrote what they heard.
• The same family of names includes Nieman, Neemann and Niemand.
• Before spelling was fixed, Niemann was also written Neiman.
• Similar-sounding surnames on Herald Lab: Neuman, Newman and Neumann.
• Neiman ranked 8,713 in the 2010 US Census, with 3,766 people answering to the name.

Heraldry and the Neiman name

Arms linked to Niemann and its spellings were granted to individual families; our heraldry team traces which line they belonged to. Get the complete Neiman report, with a museum-style coat of arms.