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The surname Neher

A surname, carried by 2,114 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N600

Neher: #14,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Neher #14,201, 2,114 people Neher: #14,201 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Neher #14,201, 2,114 people
Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neher is more common than 91.2% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,114 people named Neher in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 146,048 Americans. That is up 10% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,921.

#14,201
rank among US surnames
2,114
people in 2010
0.7
per 100,000 Americans
+10%
change since 2000 (was #14,302)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#14,197Riggio2,115145,979
#14,201Neher2,114146,048
#14,208Sprayberry2,113146,117

Who is named Neher

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

92% of people named Neher identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.5% as two or more races and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 92%
  • Two or more races 2.5%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Neher

Neher has the Soundex code N600, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N600.

Questions

How common is the surname Neher?
2,114 people in the United States had the surname Neher in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 146,048 Americans. It ranked 14,201st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Neher?
In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Neher identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.5% as two or more races.
Is the surname Neher getting more or less common?
More common. 1,921 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,114 in 2010, up 10%.