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 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 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
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.
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Emília das Neves 1820–1883 · actor -
Alfredo Augusto das Neves Holtreman 1837–1920 · lawyer -
Manuel Francisco das Neves Júnior 1870–1952 · physician -
Belmira das Neves 1885–1967 -
Durval Neves da Rocha 1892–1961 · politician
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 255 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Neves.
- Neurohr 355 · U.S. census
- Neusch 175 · U.S. census
- Neuschwander 351 · U.S. census
- Neuville 417 · U.S. census
- Neve 1,276 · U.S. census
- Nevers 1,178 · U.S. census
- Neveu 914 · U.S. census
- Neveux 130 · U.S. census
- Newman 100,491 · U.S. census
- Newton 72,328 · U.S. census
- Ney 3,391 · U.S. census
- Neyens 402 · U.S. census
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