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    The surname Neis

    A surname, carried by 1,155 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex N200

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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). Neis is more common than 86.2% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,155 people named Neis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 267,312 Americans. That is up 6.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,090.

    #22,319
    rank among US surnames
    1,155
    people in 2010
    0.4
    per 100,000 Americans
    +6%
    change since 2000 (was #22,132)

    Who is named Neis

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

    93% of people named Neis identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 2.4% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 93%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 2.9%
    • Two or more races 2.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 0.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Neis

    Neis has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Neis?
    1,155 people in the United States had the surname Neis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 267,312 Americans. It ranked 22,319th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Neis?
    In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Neis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Neis getting more or less common?
    More common. 1,090 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,155 in 2010, up 6.0%.