# Neve (surname)

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

A surname from Middle English.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | patronymic, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 1,260 |
| US rank (2010) | 20,910 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 245,036 people |
| Change since 2000 | -1.3% (1,276 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | Neave, Neaves, Neeve, Neeves |

## Etymology

* As an English, Dutch, Swedish, and Danish surname, from a descendant of Proto-Germanic *nefô (“nephew”). * As a French surname, from the placename En Nève, from En ève (“in water”), corresponding to modern en eau. * As an Italian, Portuguese, and Galician surname, from or related to neve (“snow”).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Neve 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) | 92% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 4.8% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 1.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.0% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Neve in Belgium and the United Kingdom.

## People named Neve

- Jef Neve, Belgian pianist
- Rupert Neve, Audio engineer and entrepreneur

## Similar surnames

Nave, Neave, Nava, Neff, Newby, Novoa, Nova, Nappi, Novy, Nephew, Niehoff, Novo.

## 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.