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    The surname Nila

    A surname, carried by 725 people in the United States.

    Pronounced /nilə/ 2 syllables Soundex N400 Also a first name

    Nila: #31,824 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Nila #31,824, 725 people Nila: #31,824 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Nila #31,824, 725 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nila is more common than 80.4% of them.

    Origin

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

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 725 people named Nila in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 425,856 Americans. That is up 30% since 2000, when the Census counted 556.

    #31,824
    rank among US surnames
    725
    people in 2010
    0.3
    per 100,000 Americans
    +30.4%
    change since 2000 (was #37,640)

    Who is named Nila

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

    83% of people named Nila identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 12% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.3% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 83%
    • White (not Hispanic) 12%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 3.3%
    • Two or more races 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

    Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

    Variant spellings

    • Neela

    Surnames that sound like Nila

    Nila has the Soundex code N400, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N400.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nila come from?
    From Sanskrit नील (nīla, “of a dark colour; blue; black”), Bengali নীলা (nila, “blue”), or related words in other Indian subcontinent languages.
    How common is the surname Nila?
    725 people in the United States had the surname Nila in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 425,856 Americans. It ranked 31,824th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nila?
    In the 2010 Census, 83% of people named Nila identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 12% as white (not Hispanic).
    How do you pronounce Nila?
    Nila is /nilə/, 2 syllables.
    Is the surname Nila getting more or less common?
    More common. 556 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 725 in 2010, up 30%.
    What are other spellings of Nila?
    Neela.
    Is Nila also a first name?
    Yes. Nila 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.