Surname Neill (Neill 
, نيل 
, 尼尔 
, among others...) , in the entire world, is a common cognomen. The surname Neill is habitual in Ireland, where it is quite a common surname, the United Kingdom, where it is quite a rare surname, and New Zealand. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is commonest in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland. Much less frequently, Neill is the forename as well as the last name.
| flaithbertach ua neill Irish king (b. 978) |
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| brian ua neill King of Tir Eoghain (b. 1220) |
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| phelim caoch ó neill Irish prince (b. 1517) |
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| górdún ó neill (c. 1652–1705), army officer (b. 1652) |
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| patrick neill Scottish printer in Belfast (baptised 1665, died in or after 1704) (b. 1665) |
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| patrick neill Neill, Patrick (1725–1789), printer (b. 1725) |
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| neill malcolm Scottish merchant in Jamaica (1738–1802) (b. 1738) |
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neill s. brown American politician and diplomat, Governor of Tennessee (1810-1886), US (b. 1810) |
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james george smith neill Scottish military officer of the East India Company (1810-1857), GB (b. 1810) |
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| neill malcolm Scottish landowner and merchant (1769–1837) (b. 1769) |
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edward duffield neill American writer, US (b. 1823) |
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| neill Scottish printer and naturalist (1776-1851) (b. 1776) |
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thomas hewson neill American officer, US (b. 1826) |
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| james c. neill Alamo defender, US (b. 1788) |
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joseph o. neill politician in Massachusetts, US, US (b. 1838) |
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