Find out how popular the last name Neujahr is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Neujahr.

Neujahr, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Neujahr surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Neujahr in America

Neujahr is the 62531st most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Neujahr surname appeared 320 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Neujahr.

We can also compare 2010 data for Neujahr to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Neujahr

The surname Neujahr has its origins in Germany, emerging in the late Middle Ages around the 14th or 15th century. It is derived from the German words "neu" meaning "new" and "Jahr" meaning "year," suggesting a connection to the celebration of the new year or perhaps a reference to someone being born on New Year's Day.

Historically, the name Neujahr can be traced back to various regions of Germany, including Bavaria, Saxony, and the Rhineland. It is believed to have first appeared in official records and documents during the Renaissance period, when the practice of adopting hereditary surnames became more widespread among the general population.

One of the earliest recorded instances of the name Neujahr can be found in the Kirchenbücher (church records) of the city of Nuremberg, where a certain Hans Neujahr was mentioned in the year 1487. Another early record dates back to 1503, when a Johann Neujahr was listed as a resident of the town of Erfurt.

In the 16th century, the name Neujahr appeared in various manuscripts and chronicles, including the Thuringian Chronicles, which documented the lives and activities of notable individuals in the region of Thuringia. One such individual was Caspar Neujahr, a prominent merchant and landowner who lived in the town of Eisenach between 1535 and 1612.

Over the centuries, the Neujahr surname has been associated with several notable figures, including:

1. Johann Georg Neujahr (1681-1756), a German Protestant theologian and author from Saxony.
2. Friedrich Wilhelm Neujahr (1787-1856), a Prussian military officer who served in the Napoleonic Wars.
3. Karl Neujahr (1820-1892), a German-American painter and artist known for his landscape paintings of the American West.
4. Amalie Neujahr (1838-1917), a German operatic soprano who performed in various opera houses across Europe.
5. Gustav Neujahr (1870-1943), a German architect and urban planner who designed several notable buildings in Berlin and other German cities.

While the Neujahr surname has its roots in Germany, it has since spread to other parts of the world through migration and immigration, with bearers of this name now found in various countries and regions.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Neujahr

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Neujahr.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Neujahr was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Neujahr has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Neujahr was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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