How common is the surname Nellis?

3,020 people in the United States had the surname Nellis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,234 Americans. It ranked 10,603rd of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Nellis?

In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Nellis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Nellis getting more or less common?

More common. 2,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,020 in 2010, up 7.5%.

The surname Nellis

A surname, carried by 3,020 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N420

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nellis is more common than 93.5% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,020 people named Nellis in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,234 Americans. That is up 7.5% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,810.

#10,603

rank among US surnames

3,020

people in 2010

1.0

per 100,000 Americans

+7.5%

change since 2000 (was #10,483)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#10,596	Coan	3,024	102,098
#10,598	Chumley	3,022	102,166
#10,601	Boice	3,021	102,200
#10,603	Hugo	3,020	102,234
#10,607	Kollar	3,019	102,267

Who is named Nellis

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

91% of people named Nellis identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Black (not Hispanic) 2.7%
Two or more races 1.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nellis

Nellis has the Soundex code N420, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N420.

Questions

How common is the surname Nellis?: 3,020 people in the United States had the surname Nellis in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,234 Americans. It ranked 10,603rd of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nellis?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Nellis identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Nellis getting more or less common?: More common. 2,810 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,020 in 2010, up 7.5%.