Last Name NEAL

Summary/Contribute


Meaning	The son of Neil. The name is found in every possible guise in English rolls, and although Nell and Nelson must in many cases spring from Ellen and Eleanor, there can be no doubd they are descendants of Neil in general. The same as 'Neil.' Neal may be sometimes a contraction of 'Nigel.'

Origin	English, Scottish, Jewish, French, Irish, Zimbabwean, South african

Rank	333 (2000 US census)	271 (1990 US census)

Count	83,849 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

64.69%, or 54242 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
30.91%, or 25918 total occurrences, as black,
0.42%, or 352 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.69%, or 579 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.84%, or 1543 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.43%, or 1199 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Scottish surnames

Scottish last names divide themselves into two classes: Highland and Lowland.
In very few instances the names were considered before the eleventh century. They became significantly better known only since the thirteen century.
Just like English and other last n...

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

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