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    The surname Neikirk

    A Dutch place surname, carried by 684 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N262

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neikirk is more common than 79.4% of them.

    Origin

    Dutch origin

    A habitational surname borrowed from Dutch, from the town of Nykerk in Gelderland.

    Neikirk is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 167 Dutch surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 684 people named Neikirk in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 451,382 Americans. That is up 1.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 677.

    #33,379
    rank among US surnames
    684
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +1%
    change since 2000 (was #32,129)

    Who is named Neikirk

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

    96% of people named Neikirk identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.0% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Two or more races 1.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Neikirk

    Neikirk has the Soundex code N262, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N262.

    Other Dutch surnames

    All 167 Dutch surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Neikirk come from?
    A habitational surname borrowed from Dutch, from the town of Nykerk in Gelderland.
    How common is the surname Neikirk?
    684 people in the United States had the surname Neikirk in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 451,382 Americans. It ranked 33,379th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Neikirk?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Neikirk identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.0% as two or more races.
    What type of surname is Neikirk?
    Neikirk is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Neikirk getting more or less common?
    More common. 677 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 684 in 2010, up 1.0%.