Last Name NEAVE

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Meaning Nickname: The nephew, from Old French 'le neve.' Neve, sonys, sone, 'nepos.' Neve also acquired a secondary meaning, of waster or self-indulgent man, exactly as 'nepos' did in Latin.
Origin English, Irish, Zimbabwean

Rank 37,145 (2000 US census) 31,447 (1990 US census)
Count 565 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 46.02%, or 260 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • undisclosed % as black,
  • undisclosed % as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0%, or 0 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.24%, or 7 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 51.33%, or 290 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


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