Neri

Neri is the 4,462nd most common surname in the United States, shared by 7,714 people at the 2020 census. That is about one person in 38,700.

By the numbers

People: 7,714
Rank: 4,462nd
How common: 1 in 38,700
Per 100,000: 2.6

Where the name comes from

Origin Italian

Borrowed from Italian Neri; this surname is also well-attested in Spanish-speaking countries.

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Neri described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

Hispanic or Latino 58.7%
White, not Hispanic 31.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 7.2%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 1.3%
Black, not Hispanic 0.9%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.4%

Notable people called Neri

Philip Neri (1515–1595)16th‑century Italian priest and spiritual director, Catholic saint, key Counter‑Reformation reformer and founder of the Congregation of the Oratory
Francesca Neri (born 1964)Italian actress
Romeo Neri (1903–1961)Italian gymnast, 3 Olympic golds
Rosalba Neri (born 1939)Italian actress
Maino Neri (1924–1995)Italian footballer and manager

People named Neri with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Neri

Nero

Also a first name

Neri has been given to 878 American babies as a first name since 1952, peaking in 2007. See it as a given name.

Try it on yourself

Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.