How rare is the last name Neil?

9,424 people in the United States have the last name Neil, about 1 in 31,717. It ranks #3,671 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

NEIL

#3,671

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,424
About
1 in 31,717
This common or more
54.9%
Who bears it

Of the 9,424 people with the last name Neil, 76.5% reported their origin as White, 14% as Black and 4.1% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Neil

#3,669 Lafleur · 9,426#3,670 Penny · 9,425#3,672 Jeffery · 9,422#3,673 Horowitz · 9,421

Spelled almost the same

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

#348 Neal · 87,995#3,997 Neill · 8,623#5,017 Neel · 6,778#14,199 Nell · 2,030#45,217 Nel · 510#57,938 Nehl · 379#80,289 Neily · 255

Also a first name

As a first name, Neil ranks #650 of 53,615, with 81,118 people. As a baby name it peaked in 1954, with 1,964 births. See Neil as a first name

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