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    The surname No

    A surname, carried by 1,349 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex N000

    No: #19,907 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer No #19,907, 1,349 people No: #19,907 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez No #19,907, 1,349 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). No is more common than 87.7% of them.

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 1,349 people named No in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 228,870 Americans. That is down 21% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,704.

    #19,907
    rank among US surnames
    1,349
    people in 2010
    0.5
    per 100,000 Americans
    -20.8%
    change since 2000 (was #15,731)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #19,907McKissack1,349228,870
    #19,911Clevinger1,348229,040

    Who is named No

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

    79% of people named No identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 15% as white (not Hispanic) and 3.1% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 79%
    • White (not Hispanic) 15%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.1%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 2.0%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like No

    No 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 No?
    1,349 people in the United States had the surname No in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 228,870 Americans. It ranked 19,907th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname No?
    In the 2010 Census, 79% of people named No identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 15% as white (not Hispanic).
    Is the surname No getting more or less common?
    Less common. 1,704 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,349 in 2010, down 21%.