The Neri surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 6,280 people carried this name — #5,133 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 42,900 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 718 people named Neri.
202 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 45 départements, most often Corsica.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
271 people named Neri live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Ticino.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 120 people named Neri live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Hainaut.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In print
Neri in American newspapers,
1883–1949.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 56,443 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Neri,
with a public archive behind them.
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Philip Neri 1515–1595 · priest -
Antonio Neri 1576–1614 · priest -
Pompeo Neri 1706–1776 · politician -
Alfredo Neri 1862–1928 · artist -
Ferdinando Neri 1880–1954 · university teacher
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 215 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Neri.
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