Neves surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Neves surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 4,207 people carried this name — #7,305 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 64,100 people counted.

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In Switzerland’s population statistics

1,141 people named Neves live in Switzerland.

They live in 20 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they live today

Vaud 219
Geneva 156
Fribourg 135
Zurich 121
Valais 119
Neuchâtel 62
Aargau 53
Bern 48

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 France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 242 people named Neves.

Most of them — 144 — were born outside France. Those born in France came from 33 départements, most often Paris.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they were born

Born outside France 144
Paris 11
Somme 9
Yvelines 9
Moselle 7
Pas-de-Calais 7
Vienne 4
Hauts-de-Seine 4
Puy-de-Dôme 4

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

Who carried it

People named Neves,
with a public archive behind them.

  • Emília das Neves
    Emília das Neves 1820–1883 · actor
  • Alfredo Augusto das Neves Holtreman
    Alfredo Augusto das Neves Holtreman 1837–1920 · lawyer
  • Manuel Francisco das Neves Júnior
    Manuel Francisco das Neves Júnior 1870–1952 · physician
  • Belmira das Neves
    Belmira das Neves 1885–1967
  • Durval Neves da Rocha
    Durval Neves da Rocha 1892–1961 · politician

Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 255 lives in all are documented under this name.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Neves is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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