Explore the Family Name Neet

The meaning of Neet

Possibly an altered form of German Nieth, a habitational name from Nied on the Nidda river in Hesse, or of Niet, which is possibly a nickname from Middle High German niet ‘eager’.

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

The surname Neet, according to the Decennial U.S. Census data, had a slight decrease in popularity between 2000 and 2010. The rank of this surname dropped from 50,055 in 2000 to 52,619 in 2010, indicating a 5.12% decrease. However, the actual count of people with the Neet surname did increase marginally from 393 in 2000 to 394 in 2010, reflecting a modest 0.25% growth. The proportion of individuals with the Neet surname per 100,000 also decreased by 13.33% over the decade.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#50,055	#52,619	-5.12%
Count	393	394	0.25%
Proportion per 100k	0.15	0.13	-13.33%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Neet

In terms of ethnicity, the Decennial U.S. Census data shows that the majority of individuals with the Neet surname identified as White in both 2000 and 2010, although this percentage slightly decreased from 93.13% to 89.59%. Meanwhile, the percentage of Neets identifying as Asian/Pacific Islander increased from 2.54% in 2000 to 2.79% in 2010. Additionally, there was a new emergence of Neets identifying with two or more races in 2010, which was not represented in the 2000 data. The proportion of Neets identifying as Hispanic decreased by 16.99%, while those identifying as Black dropped completely from 2.29% in 2000 to 0% in 2010. There were no individuals with the Neet surname who identified as American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year.

	2000	2010	Change
White	93.13%	89.59%	-3.8%
Two or More Races	0%	5.33%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	2.54%	2.79%	9.84%
Hispanic	1.53%	1.27%	-16.99%
Black	2.29%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%