# Noah (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/noah/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | not recorded |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 5,332 |
| US rank (2010) | 6,384 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 57,904 people |
| Change since 2000 | +8.3% (4,923 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | /ˈnoʊə/, 2 syllables |
| Variant spellings | Noe |

## Etymology

From Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ (Nōaḥ).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Noah in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 81% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 7.8% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.3% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 2.2% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 3.8% |
| Two or more races | 2.2% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Noah in France and the United States.

## People named Noah

- Joakim Noah, American–French basketball player
- Mordecai Manuel Noah, American playwright, diplomat, journalist, and utopian

## Similar surnames

Noh, No, Noa, Nye, New, Noe, Nay, Ni, Neu, Ney, Nau, Nee.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.