Explore the Family Name Nealon

The meaning of Nealon

Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Nialláin ‘descendant of Niallán’, a personal name formed from a diminutive of Niall, see O’Neill, Neil. Some characteristic forenames: Irish Declan.

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How common is the last name Nealon in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Nealon has seen a slight dip in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Nealon was ranked 13,848 in terms of its prevalence, but by 2010, it had dropped slightly to 13,997. However, the actual count of people with this surname increased from 2,002 to 2,153 during this decade, representing a growth of 7.54%. The proportion of people named Nealon per 100,000 of the population also slightly decreased by 1.35% over this period.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#13,848	#13,997	-1.08%
Count	2,002	2,153	7.54%
Proportion per 100k	0.74	0.73	-1.35%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Nealon

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Nealon also saw some changes between 2000 and 2010, as indicated by the Decennial U.S. Census data. The majority of individuals with this surname identified as White, although this percentage fell slightly from 91.01% to 89.41%. There were increases in those identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander and Hispanic, rising from 0% to 1.02% and 1.70% to 2.93% respectively. Those identifying as part of two or more races decreased from 1.10% to 0.84%, while the Black representation remained relatively stable at around 5.4%. Finally, there was a new emergence of American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity, which was not recorded in 2000 but represented 0.37% of the sample in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	91.01%	89.41%	-1.76%
Black	5.39%	5.43%	0.74%
Hispanic	1.7%	2.93%	72.35%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	1.02%	0%
Two or More Races	1.1%	0.84%	-23.64%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0.37%	0%