# Nola (surname)

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

A surname from Italian.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Italian |
| Type | not recorded |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 654 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,574 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 472,088 people |
| Change since 2000 | -4.9% (688 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

From Finola, from Irish Fionnghuala. In the US, also under the influence of the male name Nolan (which see).

## Who carries it

Share of people named Nola 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) | 1.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 3.7% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 13% |
| American Indian and Alaska Native | 0.0% |
| Two or more races | 1.7% |

## Where

Wikidata records people named Nola in the United States.

## People named Nola

- Aaron Nola, American baseball player (born 1993)

## Similar surnames

Noel, Noll, Noell, Nolley, Nila, Noyola, Neal, Newell, Neely, Neil, Neill, Neeley.

## 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.