Nienhuis

Nienhuis is a Dutch toponymic surname. It is a form of Nieuwenhuis ("new house") found most commonly in the provinces of Groningen and Drenthe.

Geographical distribution
In 2014, 57.6% of all known bearers of the surname were residents of the Netherlands (frequency 1:9,281), 33.4% of the United States (1:342,418) and 5.4% of Canada (1:213,942).

In the Netherlands, the frequency of the surname was higher than national average (1:9,281) in the following provinces:
 * Groningen (1:1,206)
 * Drenthe (1:2,015)
 * Friesland (1:6,666)
 * Flevoland (1:7,688)
 * Overijssel (1:8,224)
 * Utrecht (1:8,945)

People

 * Arthur W. Nienhuis (1941–2021), American physician
 * Bert Nienhuis (1873–1960), Dutch ceramist
 * Doug Nienhuis (born 1982), American football offensive lineman
 * Han-Wen Nienhuys (born 1975), Dutch programmer, co-creator of Lilypond
 * Hendrik Nienhuis (1790–1862), Dutch legal scholar
 * Henk Nienhuis (1941–2017), Dutch football midfielder and manager
 * Kraig Nienhuis (born 1961), Canadian professional ice hockey player
 * Leonard Nienhuis (born 1990), Dutch football goalkeeper
 * Nienhuijs / Nienhuys
 * Jacob Nienhuys (1836–1927), Dutch tobacco plantation owner and founder of Deli Company
 * Jan Willem Nienhuys (born 1942), Dutch mathematician, book translator, and skeptic