How common is the surname Nease?

2,259 people in the United States had the surname Nease in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,674 Americans. It ranked 13,472nd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nease?

In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nease identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Nease getting more or less common?

More common. 2,090 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,259 in 2010, up 8.1%.

The surname Nease

A surname, carried by 2,259 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nease is more common than 91.7% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,259 people named Nease in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 136,674 Americans. That is up 8.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,090.

#13,472

rank among US surnames

2,259

people in 2010

0.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.1%

change since 2000 (was #13,367)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#13,466	Hertzog	2,261	136,553
#13,470	Vandegrift	2,260	136,613
#13,472	Nease	2,259	136,674
#13,474	Siewert	2,258	136,734
#13,477	Corner	2,256	136,855
#13,480	Lunceford	2,255	136,916

Who is named Nease

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

95% of people named Nease identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 95%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
Two or more races 1.2%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.1%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nease

Nease has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

Questions

How common is the surname Nease?: 2,259 people in the United States had the surname Nease in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 136,674 Americans. It ranked 13,472nd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nease?: In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nease identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Nease getting more or less common?: More common. 2,090 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,259 in 2010, up 8.1%.