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    The surname Lenoir

    A surname, carried by 3,534 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex L560

    Lenoir: #9,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Lenoir #9,222, 3,534 people Lenoir: #9,222 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Lenoir #9,222, 3,534 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Lenoir is more common than 94.3% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,534 people named Lenoir in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 87,364 Americans. That is up 8.8% since 2000, when the Census counted 3,247.

    #9,222
    rank among US surnames
    3,534
    people in 2010
    1.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +8.8%
    change since 2000 (was #9,236)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #9,217Eide3,53687,315
    #9,221Kerber3,53587,340
    #9,222Lenoir3,53487,364
    #9,224Fulks3,53187,439
    #9,226Choudhury3,53087,463
    #9,227Baugher3,52987,488

    Who is named Lenoir

    Race and Hispanic origin as people reported it in the 2010 Census

    55% of people named Lenoir identified as Black (not Hispanic), 35% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

    • Black (not Hispanic) 55%
    • White (not Hispanic) 35%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 3.8%
    • Two or more races 3.4%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Black Americans.

    Famous Lenoirs

    4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Étienne Lenoir
      Belgian engineer (1822-1900)
    • William B. Lenoir
      American astronaut (1939–2010)
    • J. B. Lenoir
      African American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter (1929-1967)
    • Ermoldus Nigellus
      9th-century poet, 790–838

    Notable Lenoirs come mostly from the United States (2), Belgium (1) and Carolingian Empire (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Lenoir

    Lenoir has the Soundex code L560, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code L560.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Lenoir?
    3,534 people in the United States had the surname Lenoir in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 87,364 Americans. It ranked 9,222nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Lenoir?
    In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Lenoir identified as Black (not Hispanic), and 35% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Lenoir?
    Étienne Lenoir, Belgian engineer (1822-1900), followed by William B. Lenoir.
    Where is the surname Lenoir most common?
    Wikidata records people named Lenoir in the United States, Belgium and Carolingian Empire.
    Is the surname Lenoir getting more or less common?
    More common. 3,247 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,534 in 2010, up 8.8%.