How common is the surname Neel?

7,209 people in the United States had the surname Neel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,828 Americans. It ranked 4,887th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Neel?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Neel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Neel?

Alice Neel, American visual artist (1900-1984), followed by Ingrid Neel.

Where is the surname Neel most common?

Wikidata records people named Neel in the United States.

Is the surname Neel getting more or less common?

More common. 7,007 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,209 in 2010, up 2.9%.

The surname Neel

A surname, carried by 7,209 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N400

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neel is more common than 97% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 7,209 people named Neel in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 42,828 Americans. That is up 2.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 7,007.

#4,887

rank among US surnames

7,209

people in 2010

2.4

per 100,000 Americans

+2.9%

change since 2000 (was #4,629)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#4,878	Simone	7,221	42,757
#4,879	Walz	7,220	42,763
#4,880	Bussey	7,219	42,768
#4,881	Bosley	7,216	42,786
#4,882	Gorski	7,213	42,804
#4,883	Gurrola	7,211	42,816
#4,885	Verdugo	7,210	42,822

Who is named Neel

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

93% of people named Neel identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.5%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
American Indian and Alaska Native 1.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Neels

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Alice Neel
American visual artist (1900-1984)
Ingrid Neel
American-Estonian tennis player (born 1998)
Carr Neel
American tennis player, 1873–1949

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Neel

Neel has the Soundex code N400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N400.

Questions

How common is the surname Neel?: 7,209 people in the United States had the surname Neel in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 42,828 Americans. It ranked 4,887th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Neel?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Neel identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Neel?: Alice Neel, American visual artist (1900-1984), followed by Ingrid Neel.
Where is the surname Neel most common?: Wikidata records people named Neel in the United States.
Is the surname Neel getting more or less common?: More common. 7,007 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 7,209 in 2010, up 2.9%.