How common is the surname Near?

1,762 people in the United States had the surname Near in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,224 Americans. It ranked 16,349th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Near?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Near identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Near getting more or less common?

More common. 1,647 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,762 in 2010, up 7.0%.

The surname Near

A surname, carried by 1,762 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N600

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Near is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

Scottish surname, probably shortened/altered from McNair.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,762 people named Near in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 175,224 Americans. That is up 7.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,647.

#16,349

rank among US surnames

1,762

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+7%

change since 2000 (was #16,138)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,343	Scheffer	1,763	175,125
#16,349	Mecca	1,762	175,224

Who is named Near

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

91% of people named Near identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.6% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.6%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.2%
Two or more races 0.7%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Near

Near has the Soundex code N600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N600.

Questions

Where does the surname Near come from?: Scottish surname, probably shortened/altered from McNair.
How common is the surname Near?: 1,762 people in the United States had the surname Near in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 175,224 Americans. It ranked 16,349th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Near?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Near identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Near getting more or less common?: More common. 1,647 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,762 in 2010, up 7.0%.