How common is the surname Noah?

5,332 people in the United States had the surname Noah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,904 Americans. It ranked 6,384th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Noah?

Joakim Noah, American–French basketball player, followed by Mordecai Manuel Noah.

Where is the surname Noah most common?

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

How do you pronounce Noah?

Noah is /ˈnoʊə/, 2 syllables.

Is the surname Noah getting more or less common?

More common. 4,923 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,332 in 2010, up 8.3%.

Is Noah also a first name?

Yes. Noah is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.

The surname Noah

A surname, carried by 5,332 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈnoʊə/ 2 syllables Soundex N000 Also a first name

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Noah is more common than 96.1% of them.

Origin

From Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ (Nōaḥ).

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 5,332 people named Noah in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 57,904 Americans. That is up 8.3% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,923.

#6,384

rank among US surnames

5,332

people in 2010

1.8

per 100,000 Americans

+8.3%

change since 2000 (was #6,368)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#6,378	Skeen	5,338	57,839
#6,379	Curl	5,335	57,872
#6,381	Robey	5,333	57,893
#6,384	Spinelli	5,332	57,904
#6,388	Klaus	5,328	57,948

Who is named Noah

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

81% of people named Noah identified as white (not Hispanic), 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.8% as American Indian and Alaska Native.

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Noahs

2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Joakim Noah
American–French basketball player, born 1985
Mordecai Manuel Noah
American playwright, diplomat, journalist, and utopian, 1785–1851

Notable Noahs come mostly from France (1) and the United States (1).

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Variant spellings

Surnames that sound like Noah

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

Questions

Where does the surname Noah come from?: From Biblical Hebrew נֹחַ (Nōaḥ).
How common is the surname Noah?: 5,332 people in the United States had the surname Noah in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 57,904 Americans. It ranked 6,384th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Noah?: In the 2010 Census, 81% of people named Noah identified as white (not Hispanic), and 7.8% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Noah?: Joakim Noah, American–French basketball player, followed by Mordecai Manuel Noah.
Where is the surname Noah most common?: Wikidata records people named Noah in France and the United States.
How do you pronounce Noah?: Noah is /ˈnoʊə/, 2 syllables.
Is the surname Noah getting more or less common?: More common. 4,923 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 5,332 in 2010, up 8.3%.
What are other spellings of Noah?: Noe.
Is Noah also a first name?: Yes. Noah is used as a first name as well as a surname; its first-name page has the meaning and how many babies were given it.