How common is the surname Neave?

695 people in the United States had the surname Neave in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 444,238 Americans. It ranked 32,960th of 162,253 surnames.

How do you pronounce Neave?

Neave is /niːv/, one syllable.

Is the surname Neave getting more or less common?

More common. 565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 695 in 2010, up 23%.

Is Neave also a first name?

Yes. Neave is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Neave

A place surname, carried by 695 people in the United States.

Pronounced /niːv/ 1 syllable Soundex N100 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neave is more common than 79.7% of them.

Origin

Two main origins: * A variant of the English surname Neve. * Variant of Nevay, a Scottish habitational surname.

Neave is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 695 people named Neave in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 444,238 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 565.

#32,960

rank among US surnames

695

people in 2010

0.2

per 100,000 Americans

+23%

change since 2000 (was #37,145)

Who is named Neave

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

56% of people named Neave identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 41% as white (not Hispanic) and 2.6% as two or more races.

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 56%
White (not Hispanic) 41%
Two or more races 2.6%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Neave

Neave has the Soundex code N100, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N100.

Questions

Where does the surname Neave come from?: Two main origins: * A variant of the English surname Neve. * Variant of Nevay, a Scottish habitational surname.
How common is the surname Neave?: 695 people in the United States had the surname Neave in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 444,238 Americans. It ranked 32,960th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Neave?: In the 2010 Census, 56% of people named Neave identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 41% as white (not Hispanic).
How do you pronounce Neave?: Neave is /niːv/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Neave?: Neave is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
Is the surname Neave getting more or less common?: More common. 565 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 695 in 2010, up 23%.
Is Neave also a first name?: Yes. Neave is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.