# Ney (surname)

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

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 3,285 |
| US rank (2010) | 9,848 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 93,986 people |
| Change since 2000 | -3.1% (3,391 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

* As an English surname, variant of Nye. * As a Scottish Gaelic and Irish surname, from the source of McNee. * As a north German and Jewish surname, variant of Neu. Sometimes shortened from Neuberger.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Ney 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% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.0% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.7% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.3% |
| Two or more races | 1.5% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Ney in the United States.

## People named Ney

- Richard Ney, American actor (1916-2004)
- Bob Ney, American politician in Ohio (born 1954)

## Similar surnames

New, Neu, Nee, Nye, Noe, Noah, Nay, Ni, Nau, Noh, Nie, Niu.

## 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.