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    The surname Nau

    A surname, carried by 3,020 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex N000

    Nau: #10,603 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nau #10,603, 3,020 people Nau: #10,603 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nau #10,603, 3,020 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nau is more common than 93.5% of them.

    Origin

    A surname.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 3,020 people named Nau in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 102,234 Americans. That is up 13% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,676.

    #10,603
    rank among US surnames
    3,020
    people in 2010
    1.0
    per 100,000 Americans
    +12.9%
    change since 2000 (was #10,912)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #10,596Coan3,024102,098
    #10,598Chumley3,022102,166
    #10,601Boice3,021102,200
    #10,603Hugo3,020102,234
    #10,607Kollar3,019102,267

    Who is named Nau

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

    79% of people named Nau identified as white (not Hispanic), 8.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 7.1% as Black (not Hispanic).

    • White (not Hispanic) 79%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 8.2%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 7.1%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.8%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nau

    Nau has the Soundex code N000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N000.

    Questions

    How common is the surname Nau?
    3,020 people in the United States had the surname Nau in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 102,234 Americans. It ranked 10,603rd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nau?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named Nau identified as white (not Hispanic), and 8.2% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    Is the surname Nau getting more or less common?
    More common. 2,676 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 3,020 in 2010, up 13%.