Neely is used as a family name or surname in Ireland. It is 5 characters long in length.

Family Name / Last Name: Neely
No. of characters: 5
Origin: Ireland
Meaning:

Lastname Neely is the variant form of the Nellis. The son of Niallghus meaning "champion, choice".

The surname is the variant of the McNeil. The son of Naill or Neil meaning "champion".

The son of Conghal meaning "high valor".

A variation of Niall. An extremely ancient Irish personal name, whence O'Neil, O'Neill, and many of the Neales.

How popular is Neely?

Neely is common in United States, Canada, Bahamas, Australia, Northern Ireland, England, Scotland, New Zealand, Ireland.

Neely is ranked 15591 on our list.

Despite the fact that the number of Neely bearers increased by 2.3 per cent in 2010 US census to 23843 since 2000, the surname slipped by 109 spots and ranked at 1502. The last name was found in around 8 per hundred thousand population. Please refer to following table for race and ethnicity.

Race 2010 2000
White 71.21 73.03
Black 23.81 23.38
Others 2.23 1.48
Hispanic or Latino 1.9 1.35
Asian and Native Hawaiian
& Other Pacific Islander		 0.47 0.33
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.39 0.44
Neely is quite popular family name mostly used in United States while Bahamas is ahead in terms of density. Around 35766 people have been found who wears Neely as their family name. Neely is used widely across the globe. More detailed information can be found below:
RankCountryCount
Countries with ten thousands of Neely:
1,422 United States31,667
Countries with hundreds of Neely:
4,954 Canada930
103 Bahamas815
5,127 Australia682
649 Northern Ireland567
11,731 England486
3,073 Scotland182
7,008 New Zealand108
3,381 Ireland105
Countries with very low frequency i.e., 10 - 50:
11,239 Chile42
105,129 Iran20
119,139 South Africa16
375,884 Thailand13
66,831 Sweden11
Countries with very very low frequency i.e., 6 - 10:
30,726 Qatar9
379 Turks and Caicos Islands8
63,315 Switzerland8
249,062 Philippines6
23,171 Wales6
340,600 Germany6
48,838 Japan6
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Immigrants to US

From Ireland

John Neely worked as workman and hailed from Ireland. During the great famine, 25 years old embarked for USA from Liverpool on Cornet and arrived on May 18, 1846. Hill Neely, aged 22, George Neely (24) Immigrant, William Neely (19) Immigrant, 19 years old John Neely, Sandy Neely (32) Weaver, Immigrant David Neely, Immigrant Mary Neely, Martha Neely, aged 24, and 22 other Neely around 61.54% of whom were workman while others worked as carpenter migrated to US from Liverpool, Belfast and Greenock.

Neely Namesakes

  • Gary Neely, Irish cricketer
  • Anne Neely, painter based in Boston, Massachusetts and Maine
  • Thomas Neely, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Matthew M. Neely, American Democratic politician from West Virginia
  • Cam Neely, Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player
  • Brad Neely, American comic book artist and television writer/producer
  • Ralph Neely, former American football offensive tackle
  • Bob Neely, retired professional ice hockey player
  • Jess Neely, American football player and a baseball and football coach
  • Stephanie Neely, Treasurer of the City of Chicago, Illinois
  • Bill Neely, journalist
  • Blake Neely, American composer, arranger, orchestrator
  • Don Neely, New Zealand cricket historian

Neely Namesakes

  • Gary Neely, Irish cricketer
  • Anne Neely, painter based in Boston, Massachusetts and Maine
  • Thomas Neely, English recipient of the Victoria Cross
  • Matthew M. Neely, American Democratic politician from West Virginia
  • Cam Neely, Canadian professional ice hockey executive and former player
  • Brad Neely, American comic book artist and television writer/producer
  • Ralph Neely, former American football offensive tackle
  • Bob Neely, retired professional ice hockey player
  • Jess Neely, American football player and a baseball and football coach
  • Stephanie Neely, Treasurer of the City of Chicago, Illinois
  • Bill Neely, journalist
  • Blake Neely, American composer, arranger, orchestrator
  • Don Neely, New Zealand cricket historian

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