The surname Neville
A French surname, carried by 11,739 people in the United States.
Pronounced /ˈnɛvəl/ 2 syllables Soundex N140 Also a first name
Origin
French origin
* A Norman baronial surname, de Neville, from place names in Normandy, Néville, from Old French Neville (literally “Néel's estate”) or Neuville (literally “new settlement”), equivalent to nuef + ville. * Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Niadh (see Nee) or Ó Cnaimhín (see Nevin).
One of 791 French surnames on this site.
Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How common it is
2010 US Census
There were 11,739 people named Neville in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 26,301 Americans. That is up 4.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,258.
Who is named Neville
Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census
84% of people named Neville identified as white (not Hispanic), 11% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
- White (not Hispanic) 84%
- Black (not Hispanic) 11%
- Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
- Two or more races 1.6%
- Asian and Pacific Islander 0.7%
- American Indian and Alaska Native 0.4%
Famous Nevilles
11 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first
- David NevilleAmerican sprinter (born 1984)
- Aaron NevilleAmerican singer, born 1941
- Katherine NevilleAmerican novelist (born 1945)
- Ivan NevilleAmerican multi-instrumentalist, born 1959
- Art NevilleAmerican keyboardist and singer (1937-2019)
- Charles NevilleAmerican musician (1938–2018)
- Paul NevilleAustralian politician, 1940–2019
- Cyril NevilleAmerican musician, born 1948
- Keith NevilleAmerican politician (1884-1959)
- George NevilleArchbishop of York and Chancellor of England (1433-1476)
- Alexander NevilleArchbishop of York from 1374 to 1388
Notable Nevilles come mostly from the United States (8), the Kingdom of England (2) and Australia (1).
Spellings and sound-alikes
Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling
Variant spellings
- Nevil
- Nevile
- Nevill
- Neiville
- Nevils
- Newill
Surnames that sound like Neville
Neville has the Soundex code N140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N140.
Other French surnames
Questions
- Where does the surname Neville come from?
- * A Norman baronial surname, de Neville, from place names in Normandy, Néville, from Old French Neville (literally “Néel's estate”) or Neuville (literally “new settlement”), equivalent to nuef + ville. * Also as an Irish surname, from Ó Niadh (see Nee) or Ó Cnaimhín (see Nevin).
- How common is the surname Neville?
- 11,739 people in the United States had the surname Neville in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 26,301 Americans. It ranked 3,053rd of 162,253 surnames.
- What ethnicity is the surname Neville?
- In the 2010 Census, 84% of people named Neville identified as white (not Hispanic), and 11% as Black (not Hispanic).
- Who is the most famous person named Neville?
- David Neville, American sprinter (born 1984), followed by Aaron Neville.
- Where is the surname Neville most common?
- Wikidata records people named Neville in the United States, the Kingdom of England and Australia.
- How do you pronounce Neville?
- Neville is /ˈnɛvəl/, 2 syllables.
- Is the surname Neville getting more or less common?
- More common. 11,258 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 11,739 in 2010, up 4.3%.
- What are other spellings of Neville?
- Nevil, Nevile, Nevill, Neiville, Nevils and Newill.
- Is Neville also a first name?
- Yes. Neville is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.