How common is the surname Ney?

3,285 people in the United States had the surname Ney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,986 Americans. It ranked 9,848th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Ney?

In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Ney?

Richard Ney, American actor (1916-2004), followed by Bob Ney.

Where is the surname Ney most common?

Wikidata records people named Ney in the United States.

Is the surname Ney getting more or less common?

Less common. 3,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,285 in 2010, down 3.1%.

The surname Ney

A surname, carried by 3,285 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Ney is more common than 93.9% of them.

Origin

* 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.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 3,285 people named Ney in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 93,986 Americans. That is down 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,391.

#9,848

rank among US surnames

3,285

people in 2010

1.1

per 100,000 Americans

-3.1%

change since 2000 (was #8,875)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#9,844	Schuetz	3,288	93,901
#9,845	Buzzard	3,287	93,929
#9,846	Mosquera	3,286	93,958
#9,848	Cavalier	3,285	93,986
#9,850	Bittle	3,284	94,015
#9,853	Morello	3,283	94,044

Who is named Ney

Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

92% of people named Ney identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 2.7% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

White (not Hispanic) 92%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Asian and Pacific Islander 2.7%
Two or more races 1.5%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.3%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Neys

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

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

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Ney

Ney has the Soundex code N000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N000.

Questions

Where does the surname Ney come from?: * 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.
How common is the surname Ney?: 3,285 people in the United States had the surname Ney in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 93,986 Americans. It ranked 9,848th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Ney?: In the 2010 Census, 92% of people named Ney identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Ney?: Richard Ney, American actor (1916-2004), followed by Bob Ney.
Where is the surname Ney most common?: Wikidata records people named Ney in the United States.
Is the surname Ney getting more or less common?: Less common. 3,391 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,285 in 2010, down 3.1%.