The Neveu surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 888 people carried this name — #27,228 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 333,300 people counted. That is down 3% from 914 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 6,387 people named Neveu.
32 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 86 départements, most often Seine-Maritime.
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 Argentina’s national register
At least 84 people named Neveu live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in La Pampa.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
58 people named Neveu live in Switzerland.
They live in 6 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
Who carried it
People named Neveu,
with a public archive behind them.
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Hilaire Neveu 1839–1913 · politician -
Eugène Neveu 1881–1927 · long-distance runner -
Alfred Neveu 1890–1975 · bobsledder -
Marcelle Neveu 1906–1993 · athletics competitor -
Ginette Neveu 1919–1949 · musician -
A. Neveu 1850–1930 · photographer
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 10 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Neveu.
- Neusch 217 · U.S. census
- Neuschwander 382 · U.S. census
- Neuville 467 · U.S. census
- Neve 1,260 · U.S. census
- Nevers 1,252 · U.S. census
- Neves 4,997 · U.S. census
- Neveux 153 · U.S. census
- Newman 101,931 · U.S. census
- Newton 74,092 · U.S. census
- Ney 3,285 · U.S. census
- Neyens 437 · U.S. census
- Neyer 619 · U.S. census
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