The Neely surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 23,843 people carried this name — #1,502 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 12,400 people counted. That is up 2% from 23,308 in 2000.
In Ireland’s birth registers, 1890
Ireland registered 12 births for the Neely name in 1890.
Most were registered in Ulster. By the Registrar-General’s own method — births multiplied by 44.38 — that is about 500 people bearing the name in Ireland at the time. 3 of them were indexed under other spellings of the name.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they were born, 1890
Registrar-General for Ireland, «Special Report on Surnames in Ireland» (R. E. Matheson, 1894), births index of 1890 — public domain.
In the first U.S. census, 1790
83 families named Neely, or a close spelling, were counted in 1790.
Each family is counted by its head. About 516 people lived in those households, 6.2 to a family on average. The table counts it together with 15 other spellings. The table lists white heads of families only, in the twelve states whose 1790 records survive; Virginia’s figures come from state lists of 1782–1785.
Families, by state
U.S. Census Bureau, «A Century of Population Growth from the First Census of the United States to the Twelfth, 1790–1900» (Washington, 1909), table 111, p. 255 — public domain · names carried by at least 100 white persons in 1790.
In print
Neely in American newspapers,
1908–1912.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain.
In print
Neely in Australian newspapers,
1840s–1990s.
4,496 articles name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Neely. The most, 953, date from the 1930s. Weighed against how much of each state’s press from the same decades has been digitised, it stands out most in New South Wales, at 2.1 times its expected share.
Articles, by state
Trove, National Library of Australia (trove.nla.gov.au) · articles in its digitised newspapers that name a Mr, Mrs or Miss Neely.
Who carried it
People named Neely,
with a public archive behind them.
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Henry A. Neely 1830–1899 · Catholic priest -
Matthew M. Neely 1874–1958 · lawyer -
Carrie Neely 1876–1938 · tennis player -
Thomas Neely 1897–1918 · military personnel -
James Columbus Neely 1826–1901
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F. Tennyson Neely 1863–1941 · photographer
Wikidata (CC0) · portraits via Wikimedia Commons, shown cropped, in the public domain or CC0 · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
In the public record
People named Neely,
in the records of 5 countries.
Soldiers, farmers, migrants and neighbours who carried the name and left a trace in public archives. Everyone shown here died long ago or was born more than a century ago.
United States1,795 records
- U.S. Army enlistment records, World War II 921
- U.S. veterans' cemetery records, burials to 2001 409
- New York City birth, marriage and death certificates 189
- U.S. alien registration index, 1940–1955 84
- Passenger arrivals in the United States, 1820–1912 78
- New York State death index (outside NYC), 1957–2001 61
- Irish Famine arrivals at New York, 1846–1851 33
- Sacramento County historic burials 8
- U.S. service members who died in the Vietnam War 5
- Riverside Cemetery, Asheville (North Carolina) 4
- U.S. service members who died in the Korean War 3
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Example: U.S. war memorial War record Paul Jameson NeelyBorn 1945; from Washington, D.C. U.S. Army, infantryman; died of wounds 1969 in Binh Long, South Vietnam. Buried at Beverly National Cemetery, New Jersey.
U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: U.S. registration card, 1942 Military record John E. NeelyBorn 1905 in Tennessee. Enlisted 1942 at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia; farmer from Overton County. U.S. Army veteran of World War II; died 1997, buried at Concord Cemetery, Hilham, Tennessee.
U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain); U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) -
Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Elizabethbeth NeelyArrived at Philadelphia in 1850 aboard the Clara Wheeler from Liverpool, aged 34; servant. From Ireland; bound for Philadelphia.
U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted)
Showing 3 of 1,795 records for Neely in the United States.
Counts: U.S. National Archives, WWII Army Enlistment Records (public domain) · U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Gravesite Locator (CC0) · NYC Department of Records & Information Services, Historical Vital Records (NYC Open Data) · U.S. National Archives, Flexoline Index Data File (public domain) · U.S. National Archives, Castle Garden Immigration Center Collection, Ship Passenger Records (unrestricted) · New York State Department of Health, Genealogical Research Death Index · U.S. National Archives, Famine Irish Passenger Records (public domain) · Sacramento County, Historic Burials (CC BY 4.0) · U.S. National Archives, Defense Casualty Analysis System (public domain) · City of Asheville (public domain, PDDL). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, photo by U.S. Army Sgt. 1st Class Michael J. Carden, 2009 (public domain); U.S. Selective Service registration card, 1942 (public domain); Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain).
Australia122 records
- Victoria passenger lists, 1839–1923 59
- Victoria wills and probate, deaths to 2001 46
- NSW convict, estate and railway indexes 7
- Queensland State Archives indexes 7
- Tasmanian Names Index 3
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Example: passenger manifest, 1903 Passenger record Henry NeelyArrived in Victoria in 1852 aboard the Mount Stuart Elphinstone, aged 25; English.
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Example: probate petition, 1848 Probate record Samuel NeelyGardener of Lower Plenty, Victoria; died 1932.
Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) -
Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Stella Gertrude NeelyDied 1923 in North Hobart, Tasmania.
Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0)
Showing 3 of 122 records for Neely in Australia.
Counts: Public Record Office Victoria (CC BY 4.0) · Museums of History NSW – State Archives Collection (CC BY) · Queensland State Archives (CC BY 4.0) · Libraries Tasmania, Tasmanian Names Index (CC BY 4.0). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Passenger manifest of the S.S. St. Paul, New York, 1903 (public domain); Petition to the probate court, St. Louis, 1848, Missouri Historical Society (public domain); Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0).
Canada13 records
- City of Winnipeg cemetery records 6
- City of Calgary cemetery records 2
- Canadian Virtual War Memorial 2
- Nova Scotia Archives name indexes 2
- Mountain View Cemetery, Vancouver 1
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Example: Canadian cemetery Burial record Thomas John NeelyBuried in 1985 at Queen's Park Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, aged 71.
City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. -
Example: marriage register, 1911 Marriage record Ellen NeelyMarried 1868 in Middleton, Annapolis, Nova Scotia.
Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. -
Example: Canadian war grave register, 1917 War record Wilfred Truman NeelyDied in service in 1917.
Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
Showing 3 of 13 records for Neely in Canada.
Counts: City of Winnipeg. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Winnipeg. · City of Calgary. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Calgary. · Veterans Affairs Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. · Nova Scotia Archives. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Nova Scotia. · City of Vancouver. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Vancouver. Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Fairview Lawn Cemetery, Halifax, photo by Edgar El (CC BY 3.0); Marriage register, Tilburg, 1911, Regionaal Archief Tilburg (public domain); Canadian First World War circumstances-of-death register (scan by Scottgraham87 via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0).
New Zealand5 records
- Christchurch City cemetery records 2
- Waimakariri District cemetery records, Canterbury 2
- War Office casualty lists, 1917–1919, among the dead 1
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Example: civil register, 1880 Death record Sheila Emma NeelyBorn 1917, died 1989; ashes interred at Oxford Cemetery, Canterbury.
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Example: burial register, 1858 Burial record Mary Jane NeelyDied 1963, aged 80; buried at Bromley Cemetery, Christchurch, Canterbury.
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Example: roll of the war dead War record W. NeelyNew Zealand Mounted Rifles. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.
National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
Showing 3 of 5 records for Neely in New Zealand.
Counts: Christchurch City Council (CC BY 4.0) · Waimakariri District Council (CC BY 4.0) · National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: Civil register, Berlin, 1880, Landesarchiv Berlin (CC0); Burial register of Newtown, Montgomeryshire, 1858, National Library of Wales (CC0); Livre d’or of the war dead, Paris, Ministère des pensions, Archives nationales (CC0).
United Kingdom4 records
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Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919 War record J. L. NeelyRoyal Irish Rifles. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.
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Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919 War record A. NeelyManchester Regiment. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.
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Example: roll of honour, 1914–1919 War record T. NeelyWelsh Guards. Listed among the dead in the War Office casualty list of 1918.
National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain)
Showing 3 of 4 records for Neely in the United Kingdom.
Counts: National Library of Scotland, War Office Weekly Casualty Lists (public domain). Example pages, not the records of the people shown: C. & E. Morton Ltd roll of honour, 1914–1919, photo by Adrian S Pye via Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Neely.
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