Neville Forename
10,696th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 94,667 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
England
Highest density in:
Jamaica
Neville Forename Definition:
A male name. this was originally a Norman surname, the family having been founded by Gilbert de Nevil, one of the companions of the Conqueror, who took his name from Néville or Neuville in Normandy. The family was widespread and powerful in the Middle Ages.
Read More About This ForenameNeville Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| England | 100% | 17,303 | 1:3,213 | 441 |
| South Africa | 100% | 16,482 | 1:3,309 | 622 |
| Australia | - | 9,460 | 1:1,444 | 293 |
| Jamaica | - | 8,568 | 1:337 | 46 |
| United States | 100% | 7,796 | 1:46,503 | 2,678 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 6,367 | 1:3,267 | 566 |
| New Zealand | - | 4,905 | 1:925 | 218 |
| DR Congo | 99% | 4,800 | 1:15,381 | 1,377 |
| Kenya | - | 2,081 | 1:22,252 | 2,094 |
| Canada | 100% | 1,918 | 1:17,275 | 1,647 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,129 | 1:2,741 | 429 |
| India | 100% | 1,082 | 1:1,122,808 | 70,763 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 874 | 1:35,255 | 4,434 |
| Guyana | 100% | 833 | 1:916 | 124 |
| Namibia | - | 750 | 1:3,206 | 548 |
| Ghana | - | 730 | 1:36,967 | 2,200 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 695 | 1:1,959 | 381 |
| Malta | - | 676 | 1:635 | 147 |
| Barbados | - | 640 | 1:453 | 100 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 637 | 1:33,925 | 2,525 |
| Congo | 100% | 635 | 1:7,889 | 1,068 |
| Ireland | 100% | 605 | 1:7,675 | 620 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 558 | 1:14,610 | 1,462 |
| Bahamas | - | 527 | 1:758 | 189 |
| Zimbabwe | 98% | 428 | 1:36,037 | 3,428 |
| Scotland | 100% | 319 | 1:16,772 | 896 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 315 | 1:22,705 | 2,297 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 259 | 1:685,577 | 19,376 |
| Philippines | 84% | 218 | 1:486,282 | 16,382 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 180 | 1:293,268 | 10,352 |
| Brazil | 100% | 167 | 1:1,282,851 | 31,140 |
| Swaziland | - | 128 | 1:10,158 | 1,360 |
| Malaysia | 94% | 125 | 1:243,600 | 13,264 |
| Kuwait | - | 114 | 1:33,204 | 3,097 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 108 | 1:156,501 | 6,605 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 93 | 1:19,819 | 976 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 88 | 1:1,129 | 228 |
| Malawi | - | 85 | 1:201,321 | 8,458 |
| Seychelles | 100% | 84 | 1:1,103 | 263 |
| Suriname | - | 82 | 1:6,742 | 1,371 |
| Thailand | 100% | 79 | 1:886,909 | 34,001 |
| Bahrain | - | 74 | 1:18,225 | 2,605 |
| Botswana | 100% | 74 | 1:29,520 | 3,260 |
| Zambia | - | 69 | 1:229,780 | 7,530 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 68 | 1:901 | 183 |
| Hong Kong | - | 62 | 1:125,044 | 2,948 |
| Uganda | 89% | 62 | 1:660,595 | 13,595 |
| Bermuda | - | 53 | 1:1,223 | 273 |
| Belize | 100% | 52 | 1:6,814 | 1,210 |
| Dominica | - | 52 | 1:1,451 | 277 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 52 | 1:2,111 | 427 |
| Singapore | 100% | 48 | 1:130,980 | 7,803 |
| France | 100% | 46 | 1:1,445,007 | 9,676 |
| Germany | 100% | 44 | 1:2,197,224 | 12,262 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 44 | 1:686,407 | 16,666 |
| Grenada | 100% | 43 | 1:2,515 | 505 |
| China | - | 41 | 1:33,318,434 | 61,276 |
| Jersey | 100% | 41 | 1:2,439 | 413 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 41 | 1:1,338 | 308 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 41 | 1:200,329 | 4,666 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 37 | 1:281,926 | 10,232 |
| Portugal | - | 37 | 1:281,375 | 5,179 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 36 | 1:3,099 | 585 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 33 | 1:5,388 | 878 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 31 | 1:194,140 | 5,033 |
| Indonesia | - | 29 | 1:8,895,299 | 294,414 |
| Spain | 100% | 27 | 1:1,723,332 | 10,918 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 27 | 1:1,285 | 317 |
| Guernsey | - | 26 | 1:2,436 | 374 |
| Belgium | 100% | 23 | 1:499,567 | 8,101 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 23 | 1:1,359 | 317 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 20 | 1:177,515 | 2,440 |
| Iraq | 100% | 19 | 1:1,843,045 | 11,423 |
| Israel | 88% | 18 | 1:466,829 | 9,497 |
| Oman | - | 18 | 1:228,259 | 3,410 |
| Qatar | 100% | 18 | 1:131,645 | 15,202 |
| Sweden | 100% | 18 | 1:547,662 | 13,582 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 17 | 1:780 | 113 |
| Greece | 100% | 15 | 1:728,970 | 8,230 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 15 | 1:12,957,179 | 80,243 |
| Denmark | - | 13 | 1:434,577 | 7,147 |
| Lebanon | 57% | 13 | 1:432,890 | 5,953 |
| Chile | 64% | 11 | 1:1,600,655 | 12,027 |
| Mexico | 67% | 11 | 1:11,285,857 | 32,937 |
| Italy | 100% | 10 | 1:6,106,209 | 25,028 |
| Montserrat | - | 10 | 1:488 | 37 |
| Norway | 100% | 10 | 1:513,233 | 9,206 |
| Panama | 100% | 10 | 1:390,656 | 11,763 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Argentina | 75% | 8 | 1:5,346,655 | 13,183 |
| Peru | 100% | 8 | 1:3,973,932 | 31,495 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 7 | 1:2,301,204 | 6,153 |
| Liberia | 67% | 7 | 1:630,294 | 15,835 |
| Uruguay | - | 7 | 1:489,662 | 6,003 |
| Mauritius | - | 6 | 1:216,297 | 4,288 |
| Angola | - | 4 | 1:6,741,652 | 4,704 |
| Bangladesh | - | 4 | 1:39,865,342 | 24,379 |
| East Timor | - | 4 | 1:304,594 | 432 |
| Egypt | - | 4 | 1:22,975,236 | 27,891 |
| Japan | - | 4 | 1:31,996,514 | 55,536 |
| Poland | 100% | 4 | 1:9,506,778 | 5,827 |
| Saint Martin | - | 4 | 1:8,936 | 133 |
| Sudan | - | 4 | 1:9,451,744 | 6,661 |
| Uzbekistan | - | 4 | 1:7,696,610 | 11,277 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 4 | 1:23,155,778 | 5,302 |
| Cook Islands | - | 3 | 1:6,051 | 772 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 3 | 1:1,589,316 | 14,648 |
| Croatia | - | 3 | 1:1,405,692 | 11,430 |
| Honduras | - | 3 | 1:2,939,156 | 20,066 |
| Jordan | 100% | 3 | 1:2,942,258 | 8,136 |
| Palestine | 100% | 3 | 1:1,516,686 | 4,479 |
| Benin | - | 2 | 1:5,287,922 | 61,990 |
| Cambodia | - | 2 | 1:8,136,665 | 51,498 |
| Colombia | 100% | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 2 | 1:435,538 | 3,859 |
| Czechia | 100% | 2 | 1:5,328,081 | 8,108 |
| Ecuador | - | 2 | 1:8,863,460 | 21,868 |
| Finland | 57% | 2 | 1:2,741,592 | 19,235 |
| Iran | - | 2 | 1:39,248,434 | 50,459 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 2 | 1:11,537,966 | 95,271 |
| Macau | - | 2 | 1:304,104 | 1,640 |
| Senegal | - | 2 | 1:7,290,678 | 24,413 |
| Afghanistan | - | 1 | 1:32,623,516 | 66,536 |
| American Samoa | - | 1 | 1:55,845 | 3,376 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Austria | - | 1 | 1:8,514,201 | 19,377 |
| Curaçao | - | 1 | 1:155,803 | 1,239 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| Eritrea | - | 1 | 1:4,752,977 | 997 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Georgia | 100% | 1 | 1:3,738,466 | 29,095 |
| Iceland | - | 1 | 1:366,017 | 7,938 |
| Isle of Man | - | 1 | 1:85,023 | 723 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Luxembourg | - | 1 | 1:564,049 | 5,042 |
| Mauritania | - | 1 | 1:4,095,239 | 27,701 |
| Mongolia | - | 1 | 1:2,934,814 | 16,205 |
| Mozambique | - | 1 | 1:27,243,357 | 5,091 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 1 | 1:7,088,663 | 1,497 |
| Slovenia | - | 1 | 1:2,458,758 | 6,723 |
| Solomon Islands | - | 1 | 1:580,957 | 8,641 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Korea | - | 1 | 1:5,544,421 | 37,250 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 1 | 1:23,769,682 | 193,280 |
| Turkey | - | 1 | 1:77,801,709 | 91,051 |
| Vanuatu | - | 1 | 1:261,792 | 1,604 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
The alternate forms: Néville (4) & Nevillé (2) are calculated separately.
Neville (36,077) may also be a surname.
Neville Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. this was originally a Norman surname, the family having been founded by Gilbert de Nevil, one of the companions of the Conqueror, who took his name from Néville or Neuville in Normandy. The family was widespread and powerful in the Middle Ages. The earliest example of its use as a christian name that has been noted is one Nevil or Nevell Kay in Lancashire at the beginning of the 17th C.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
This aristocratic surname of French origin (Neuville; literally, the new city) was introduced by the Normans, as were Percy and Lascelles; only in C19 did it become at all general as a ‘Christian’. (A. H. Smith, Early Northern Nick-Names and Surnames, a brochure published in 1934.)
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
A Latin name, meaning: Of the new city.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Neville Forename Popularity
Neville Demographics
Neville Religious Adherence
in Ireland
Sample size: 22 (1901)
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