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    The surname Nealy

    A surname, carried by 4,485 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N400

    Nealy: #7,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nealy #7,426, 4,485 people Nealy: #7,426 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nealy #7,426, 4,485 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nealy is more common than 95.4% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 4,485 people named Nealy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 68,840 Americans. That is up 16% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,856.

    #7,426
    rank among US surnames
    4,485
    people in 2010
    1.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    +16.3%
    change since 2000 (was #7,959)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #7,418Breslin4,49068,763
    #7,420DiGiovanni4,48768,809
    #7,421Tower4,48668,824
    #7,426Nealy4,48568,840
    #7,429Kiger4,48468,855
    #7,430Marinelli4,48368,870
    #7,431Conard4,48268,886

    Who is named Nealy

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    58% of people named Nealy identified as Black (not Hispanic), 36% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as two or more races.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 58%
    • White (not Hispanic) 36%
    • Two or more races 3.3%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Nealys

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Ed Nealy
      American basketball player, born 1960

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nealy

    Nealy has the Soundex code N400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N400.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Nealy?
    4,485 people in the United States had the surname Nealy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 68,840 Americans. It ranked 7,426th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nealy?
    In the 2010 Census, 58% of people named Nealy identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 36% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Nealy?
    Ed Nealy, American basketball player.
    Where is the surname Nealy most common?
    Wikidata records people named Nealy in the United States.
    Is the surname Nealy getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,856 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,485 in 2010, up 16%.