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    The surname Neira

    A surname, carried by 2,125 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N600

    Neira: #14,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Neira #14,139, 2,125 people Neira: #14,139 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Neira #14,139, 2,125 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Neira is more common than 91.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 2,125 people named Neira in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 145,292 Americans. That is up 40% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,520.

    #14,139
    rank among US surnames
    2,125
    people in 2010
    0.7
    per 100,000 Americans
    +39.8%
    change since 2000 (was #17,186)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #14,137Pavia2,126145,224
    #14,139Fujii2,125145,292
    #14,148Longwell2,124145,360

    Who is named Neira

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

    87% of people named Neira identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as white (not Hispanic).

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 87%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.4%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.3%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Neira

    Neira 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 Neira?
    2,125 people in the United States had the surname Neira in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 145,292 Americans. It ranked 14,139th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Neira?
    In the 2010 Census, 87% of people named Neira identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname Neira getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,520 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,125 in 2010, up 40%.