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    The surname Nehls

    A German surname, carried by 1,534 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex N420

    Nehls: #18,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nehls #18,144, 1,534 people Nehls: #18,144 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nehls #18,144, 1,534 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nehls is more common than 88.8% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Nehls.

    One of 1,101 German surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,534 people named Nehls in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 201,268 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 1,538.

    #18,144
    rank among US surnames
    1,534
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -0.3%
    change since 2000 (was #17,030)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #18,137Hulin1,535201,137
    #18,144McGirt1,534201,268

    Who is named Nehls

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

    96% of people named Nehls identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.4%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    • Two or more races 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Nehlss

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Troy Nehls
      American politician (born 1968)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nehls

    Nehls has the Soundex code N420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N420.

    Other German surnames

    All 1,101 German surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nehls come from?
    Borrowed from German Nehls.
    How common is the surname Nehls?
    1,534 people in the United States had the surname Nehls in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 201,268 Americans. It ranked 18,144th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nehls?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Nehls identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Nehls?
    Troy Nehls, American politician (born 1968).
    Where is the surname Nehls most common?
    Wikidata records people named Nehls in the United States.
    Is the surname Nehls getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,538 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,534 in 2010, down 0.3%.