# Neto (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/neto/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,645 |
| US rank (2010) | 17,216 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 187,687 people |
| Change since 2000 | +38% (1,196 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Who carries it

Share of people named Neto in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 80% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 5.3% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 12% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Neto in Brazil, Portugal and Angola.

## People named Neto

- Neto, Brazilian association football player
- Eduardo Neto, Brazilian association football player
- Neto Potiguar, Brazilian association football player
- Raul Neto, Brazilian basketball player (born 1992)
- Neto Volpi, Brazilian footballer
- Renato Neto, Brazilian football player
- João Leite da Silva Neto, Brazilian footballer and politician
- Felipe Neto, Brazilian YouTuber
- Liliana Neto, Angolan sprinter
- Hugo Gonçalves Ferreira Neto, Brazilian footballer
- Nizo Neto, Brazilian actor
- Paulo Nogueira Neto, Brazilian biologist and environmentalist

and 4 more on Wikidata.

## Similar surnames

Nieto, Noto, Nett, Netto, Neat, Neth, Nadeau, Nutt, Nott, Nath, Ndiaye, Naidu.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.