Last Name NEFF

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Meaning	'Naif,' artless, candid. 'Nef,' a water-mill; the nave of a church.

Origin	French, Dutch, Swiss, Hungarian

Rank	1,455 (2000 US census)	1,749 (1990 US census)

Count	22,509 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that

95.7%, or 21541 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
0.81%, or 182 total occurrences, as black,
0.52%, or 117 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
0.6%, or 135 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
1.1%, or 248 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
1.28%, or 288 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.

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Longest last names

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English surnames

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