Last Name NEILL

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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.
Dark complexion.
The surname is derived from Niall of the Nine Hostages. the Irish king, the ancestor of the Ui Neill dynasty who dominated Ireland from the 6th century to the 10th century.
Origin English, Scottish, Irish, Jewish, Zimbabwean

Rank 3,651 (2000 US census) 3,345 (1990 US census)
Count 8,946 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 94.77%, or 8478 total occurrences, of those with this family name identified themselves as being white,
  • 0.87%, or 78 total occurrences, as black,
  • 0.53%, or 47 total occurrences, as Asian and Pacific Islander,
  • 0.47%, or 42 total occurrences, as American Indian and Native Alaskan,
  • 1.4%, or 125 total occurrences, as two or more races, and
  • 1.97%, or 176 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest baby names

 The longest first name, consisting of 12 characters, from the baby names reported since the year 1880 in the United States is Francisquita.

There are three names consisting of 11 characters: Christopher, Margueritta, and Margueritte

Census 2000: how many distinct surnames are there?

 Even after applying various edits and acceptance criteria to the names, there are a sizable number of unique names in the population. Over 6 million last names were identified. Many of these names were either unique (occurred once)...

Belarus middle names

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