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    The surname Neils

    A German patronymic surname, carried by 619 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex N420

    Neils: #36,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Neils #36,204, 619 people Neils: #36,204 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Neils #36,204, 619 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neils is more common than 77.7% of them.

    Origin

    German origin

    Borrowed from German Neils or, alternatively, a patronymic from the personal name Neil.

    Neils is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

    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 619 people named Neils in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 498,781 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 618.

    #36,204
    rank among US surnames
    619
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.2%
    change since 2000 (was #34,630)

    Who is named Neils

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

    82% of people named Neils identified as white (not Hispanic), 13% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 82%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 13%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Two or more races 1.1%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Neils

    Neils 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 Neils come from?
    Borrowed from German Neils or, alternatively, a patronymic from the personal name Neil.
    How common is the surname Neils?
    619 people in the United States had the surname Neils in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 498,781 Americans. It ranked 36,204th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Neils?
    In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Neils identified as white (not Hispanic), and 13% as Black (not Hispanic).
    What type of surname is Neils?
    Neils is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
    Is the surname Neils getting more or less common?
    More common. 618 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 619 in 2010, up 0.2%.