Last Name NIELL

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.
Origin English, Irish

Rank 105,374 (2000 US census)
Count 157 (2000 US census)

Race / ethnic distribution

The 2000 US Census claims that
  • 89.81%, or 141 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,
  • undisclosed % as two or more races, and
  • 7.64%, or 12 total occurrences, as Hispanic ethnic origin.


Longest last names

The 2000 USA census contains more than 150,000 surnames. The longest surnames contain 15 characters each. There are 23 names like that. There could be more of those last names in reality. Firstly because it has been 10+ years since the survey and we could have gotten...

Shortest last names

The 2000 USA census contains no surnames with ONE character. The shortest last names there have at least two characters in them. We found 175 of those. It does not mean that a one character name does not exist. The census data only contain surnames that occurred at lea...

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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