How common is the surname Noa?

1,221 people in the United States had the surname Noa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,863 Americans. It ranked 21,413th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Noa?

In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Noa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

Is the surname Noa getting more or less common?

More common. 922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,221 in 2010, up 32%.

The surname Noa

A Spanish surname, carried by 1,221 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N000

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Noa is more common than 86.8% of them.

Origin

Spanish origin

Borrowed from Spanish Noa, a surname mostly found in Cuba. The surname could also derive from German Noä.

One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,221 people named Noa in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 252,863 Americans. That is up 32% since 2000, when the Census counted 922.

#21,413

rank among US surnames

1,221

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

+32.4%

change since 2000 (was #25,221)

Who is named Noa

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

55% of people named Noa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 17% as white (not Hispanic).

Hispanic or Latino (any race) 55%
Asian and Pacific Islander 20%
White (not Hispanic) 17%
Two or more races 6.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.4%

Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

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Surnames that sound like Noa

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

Other Spanish surnames

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Questions

Where does the surname Noa come from?: Borrowed from Spanish Noa, a surname mostly found in Cuba. The surname could also derive from German Noä.
How common is the surname Noa?: 1,221 people in the United States had the surname Noa in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 252,863 Americans. It ranked 21,413th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Noa?: In the 2010 Census, 55% of people named Noa identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 20% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
Is the surname Noa getting more or less common?: More common. 922 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,221 in 2010, up 32%.