How common is the last name Neal?

87,995 people in the United States have the last name Neal, about 1 in 3,397. It ranks #348 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

NEAL

#348

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
87,995
About
1 in 3,397
This common or more
28.1%
Who bears it

Of the 87,995 people with the last name Neal, 59.2% reported their origin as White, 31.3% as Black and 5% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Neal

#346 Byrd · 88,388#347 Powers · 88,252#349 Craig · 87,675#350 Fleming · 86,848

Spelled almost the same

7 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Neal, most common first.

#3,671 Neil · 9,424#5,017 Neel · 6,778#7,595 Nealy · 4,213#9,078 Neale · 3,457#14,199 Nell · 2,030#45,217 Nel · 510#57,938 Nehl · 379

Also a first name

As a first name, Neal ranks #1,106 of 53,615, with 37,392 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1959, with 1,222 births. See Neal as a first name

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