The surname Neary
A surname, carried by 4,844 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex N600
Origin
A surname.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,844 people named Neary in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 63,738 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,806.
#6,926
rank among US surnames
4,844
people in 2010
1.6
per 100,000 Americans
+0.8%
change since 2000 (was #6,514)
| Rank | Surname | People | 1 in |
|---|---|---|---|
| #6,918 | Moorer | 4,849 | 63,672 |
| #6,921 | Marty | 4,848 | 63,685 |
| #6,924 | Loudermilk | 4,845 | 63,725 |
| #6,926 | Neary | 4,844 | 63,738 |
| #6,928 | Borg | 4,843 | 63,751 |
| #6,930 | Fordham | 4,838 | 63,817 |
Who is named Neary
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
95% of people named Neary identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 95%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.7%
- Two or more races 1.2%
- Black (not Hispanic) 1.0%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.1%
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Neary has the Soundex code N600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N600.
Questions
- How common is the surname Neary?
- 4,844 people in the United States had the surname Neary in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 63,738 Americans. It ranked 6,926th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Neary?
- In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Neary identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.7% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- Is the surname Neary getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,806 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,844 in 2010, up 0.8%.