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    The surname Neaves

    A surname, carried by 1,184 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex N120

    Neaves: #21,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Neaves #21,926, 1,184 people Neaves: #21,926 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Neaves #21,926, 1,184 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neaves is more common than 86.5% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,184 people named Neaves in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 260,765 Americans. That is up 20% since 2000, when the Census counted 990.

    #21,926
    rank among US surnames
    1,184
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +19.6%
    change since 2000 (was #23,831)

    Who is named Neaves

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

    66% of people named Neaves identified as white (not Hispanic), 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 3.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 66%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 30%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 3.7%
    • Two or more races 0.5%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Neaves

    Neaves has the Soundex code N120, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N120.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Neaves?
    1,184 people in the United States had the surname Neaves in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 260,765 Americans. It ranked 21,926th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Neaves?
    In the 2010 Census, 66% of people named Neaves identified as white (not Hispanic), and 30% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Neaves getting more or less common?
    More common. 990 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,184 in 2010, up 20%.