The surname Nephew
A surname, carried by 1,231 people in the United States.
2 syllables Soundex N100
Origin
English surname, from the noun nephew.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 1,231 people named Nephew in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 250,809 Americans. That is up 0.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,221.
#21,288
rank among US surnames
1,231
people in 2010
0.4
per 100,000 Americans
+0.8%
change since 2000 (was #20,270)
Who is named Nephew
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
74% of people named Nephew identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as American Indian and Alaska Native and 8.5% as Black (not Hispanic).
- White (not Hispanic) 74%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 12%
- Black (not Hispanic) 8.5%
- Two or more races 3.0%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.5%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
Questions
- Where does the surname Nephew come from?
- English surname, from the noun nephew.
- How common is the surname Nephew?
- 1,231 people in the United States had the surname Nephew in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 250,809 Americans. It ranked 21,288th of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Nephew?
- In the 2010 Census, 74% of people named Nephew identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as American Indian and Alaska Native.
- Is the surname Nephew getting more or less common?
- More common. 1,221 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,231 in 2010, up 0.8%.