How common is the surname Noack?

2,563 people in the United States had the surname Noack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,463 Americans. It ranked 12,156th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Noack?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Noack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Noack getting more or less common?

More common. 2,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,563 in 2010, up 0.9%.

The surname Noack

A surname, carried by 2,563 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Noack is more common than 92.5% of them.

Origin

Variant of Nowak or Noah.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 2,563 people named Noack in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 120,463 Americans. That is up 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 2,540.

#12,156

rank among US surnames

2,563

people in 2010

0.9

per 100,000 Americans

+0.9%

change since 2000 (was #11,382)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#12,148	Rosato	2,565	120,369
#12,153	Buff	2,564	120,416
#12,156	Noack	2,563	120,463
#12,164	Lustig	2,562	120,510

Who is named Noack

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

94% of people named Noack identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.3%
Two or more races 1.3%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.8%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Noack

Noack has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

Questions

Where does the surname Noack come from?: Variant of Nowak or Noah.
How common is the surname Noack?: 2,563 people in the United States had the surname Noack in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 120,463 Americans. It ranked 12,156th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Noack?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Noack identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Noack getting more or less common?: More common. 2,540 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 2,563 in 2010, up 0.9%.