The surname Neighbors
A patronymic surname, carried by 4,814 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex N216
Origin
Patronymic from Neighbor.
Neighbors is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 4,814 people named Neighbors in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 64,135 Americans. That is up 0.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,783.
#6,969
rank among US surnames
4,814
people in 2010
1.6
per 100,000 Americans
+0.6%
change since 2000 (was #6,537)
Who is named Neighbors
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
89% of people named Neighbors identified as white (not Hispanic), 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as two or more races.
- White (not Hispanic) 89%
- Black (not Hispanic) 6.0%
- Two or more races 2.1%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 1.2%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
Questions
- Where does the surname Neighbors come from?
- Patronymic from Neighbor.
- How common is the surname Neighbors?
- 4,814 people in the United States had the surname Neighbors in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 64,135 Americans. It ranked 6,969th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Neighbors?
- In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Neighbors identified as white (not Hispanic), and 6.0% as Black (not Hispanic).
- What type of surname is Neighbors?
- Neighbors is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
- Is the surname Neighbors getting more or less common?
- More common. 4,783 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,814 in 2010, up 0.6%.