Nieves

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Spanish Nieves. === Proper noun === Nieves (plural Nieveses) A surname from Spanish. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Nieves is the 1004th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 34896 individuals. Nieves is most common among Hispanic/Latino (92.28%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Nieves”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 669. === Anagrams === envies, venies == Spanish == === Etymology === From nieves (“snows”), shortened from María (de las) Nieves, a Roman Catholic epithet of the Virgin Mary as "Our Lady of the Snows". === Proper noun === Nieves f a female given name a surname derived from the given name, or from a nickname for someone with white hair ==== Derived terms ====