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The surname Neece

A surname, carried by 2,087 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N200

Neece: #14,338 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Neece #14,338, 2,087 people Neece: #14,338 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Neece #14,338, 2,087 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neece is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized from Mac Naois, see McNeese. * As a German and Dutch surname, Americanized from Nies, Neese.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,087 people named Neece in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 147,937 Americans. That is up 18% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,775.

#14,338
rank among US surnames
2,087
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+17.6%
change since 2000 (was #15,217)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,332Vicknair2,088147,867
#14,338Ecklund2,087147,937
#14,342Rogowski2,086148,008

Who is named Neece

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

95% of people named Neece identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as Black (not Hispanic).

  • White (not Hispanic) 95%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 1.2%
  • Two or more races 1.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • 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 Neece

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

Questions

Where does the surname Neece come from?
* As a Scottish Gaelic surname, Anglicized from Mac Naois, see McNeese. * As a German and Dutch surname, Americanized from Nies, Neese.
How common is the surname Neece?
2,087 people in the United States had the surname Neece in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 147,937 Americans. It ranked 14,338th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Neece?
In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Neece identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.2% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Neece getting more or less common?
More common. 1,775 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,087 in 2010, up 18%.