# Nila (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/nila/  
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) | 725 |
| US rank (2010) | 31,824 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 425,856 people |
| Change since 2000 | +30% (556 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /nilə/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Neela |

## Etymology

From Sanskrit नील (nīla, “of a dark colour; blue; black”), Bengali নীলা (nila, “blue”), or related words in other Indian subcontinent languages.

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nila 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) | 12% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 0.7% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 83% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 3.3% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |

## Similar surnames

Neil, Nail, Nola, Neal, Newell, Noel, Neely, Noll, Neill, Neeley, Nall, Neel.

## 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.