How common is the surname Neese?

5,335 people in the United States had the surname Neese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,872 Americans. It ranked 6,379th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Neese?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Neese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Neese getting more or less common?

More common. 5,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,335 in 2010, up 3.5%.

The surname Neese

A surname, carried by 5,335 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). Neese is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,335 people named Neese in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,872 Americans. That is up 3.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 5,156.

#6,379

rank among US surnames

5,335

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+3.5%

change since 2000 (was #6,126)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,375	Rego	5,342	57,796
#6,377	Mickens	5,339	57,828
#6,378	Skeen	5,338	57,839
#6,379	Curl	5,335	57,872
#6,381	Robey	5,333	57,893

Who is named Neese

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

94% of people named Neese identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.7% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.4%
Two or more races 1.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.9%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Neese

Neese 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 Neese?: 5,335 people in the United States had the surname Neese in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,872 Americans. It ranked 6,379th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Neese?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Neese identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Neese getting more or less common?: More common. 5,156 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,335 in 2010, up 3.5%.