How common is the surname Noble?

41,667 people in the United States had the surname Noble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,410 Americans. It ranked 829th of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Noble?

John Noble, Australian actor and director, followed by Jamie Noble.

Where is the surname Noble most common?

Wikidata records people named Noble in the United States, Australia and Argentina and 2 other countries.

Is the surname Noble getting more or less common?

More common. 40,217 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,667 in 2010, up 3.6%.

Is Noble also a first name?

Yes. Noble 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 Noble

A surname, carried by 41,667 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N140 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). Noble is more common than 99.5% of them.

Origin

From noble.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 41,667 people named Noble in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 7,410 Americans. That is up 3.6% since 2000, when the Census counted 40,217.

#829

rank among US surnames

41,667

people in 2010

per 100,000 Americans

+3.6%

change since 2000 (was #784)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#820	Howe	42,265	7,305
#821	Livingston	42,103	7,333
#822	Frost	42,015	7,348
#823	Glass	41,802	7,386
#824	Morse	41,774	7,391
#825	Knapp	41,771	7,391
#826	Herman	41,750	7,395

Who is named Noble

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

78% of people named Noble identified as white (not Hispanic), 14% as Black (not Hispanic) and 3.4% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 14%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.4%
Two or more races 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 1.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nobles

18 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

John Noble
Australian actor and director, born 1948
Jamie Noble
American professional wrestler, born 1976
Cindy Noble
American basketball player (born 1958)
Ronald Noble
American law enforcement officer, born 1956
Denis Noble
British biologist, born 1936
John Willock Noble
American politician (1831–1912)
Ernestina Herrera de Noble
Argentine publisher and executive (1925–2017)
Monty Noble
Australian cricketer (1873-1940)
James Noble
American actor (1922-2016)
Bailey Noble
American actress, born 1990
Chuck Noble
American basketball player (1931–2011)
James Noble
American politician from Indiana (1785-1831)

Notable Nobles come mostly from the United States (12), Australia (2) and Argentina (2).

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Noble

Nobile

Noble has the Soundex code N140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N140.

Questions

Where does the surname Noble come from?: From noble.
How common is the surname Noble?: 41,667 people in the United States had the surname Noble in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 7,410 Americans. It ranked 829th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Noble?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Noble identified as white (not Hispanic), and 14% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Noble?: John Noble, Australian actor and director, followed by Jamie Noble.
Where is the surname Noble most common?: Wikidata records people named Noble in the United States, Australia and Argentina and 2 other countries.
Is the surname Noble getting more or less common?: More common. 40,217 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 41,667 in 2010, up 3.6%.
Is Noble also a first name?: Yes. Noble 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.