Last Name NEAVES

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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

Rank 23,831 (2000 US census) 19,527 (1990 US census)
Count 990 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 72.93%, or 722 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 2.22%, or 22 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.61%, or 6 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • undisclosed % as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 23.84%, or 236 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Ukrainian middle names

 Ukrainian middle names form the same way as Russian ones, except that for girls, the patronymic ending is '-ivna' rather than '-ovna' or '-evna.' Follow the Russian middle names link to get any additional information.

Shortest baby names

 We analyzed the first names reported in the United States starting from the year 1880. There were no one character names. We did find 10 two character names.

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English surnames

 English surnames can be divided into five classes: Baptisimal or Personal (first) names, local, official, and occupative surnames. Nicknames represent the last class. Practically there are only four classes, for it is often hard ti distinguish between occupation and offic...

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