How common is the surname Nolen?

10,820 people in the United States had the surname Nolen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,535 Americans. It ranked 3,315th of 162,253 surnames.

Is the surname Nolen getting more or less common?

More common. 10,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,820 in 2010, up 8.0%.

The surname Nolen

A surname, carried by 10,820 people in the United States.

2 syllables Soundex N450

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nolen is more common than 98% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 10,820 people named Nolen in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 28,535 Americans. That is up 8.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 10,021.

#3,315

rank among US surnames

10,820

people in 2010

3.7

per 100,000 Americans

+8%

change since 2000 (was #3,277)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,306	McLemore	10,850	28,456
#3,307	Kuntz	10,848	28,461
#3,308	Pak	10,846	28,466
#3,309	O'Toole	10,842	28,477
#3,310	Hardwick	10,841	28,479
#3,312	Seibert	10,826	28,519
#3,313	Briseno	10,821	28,532

Who is named Nolen

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

78% of people named Nolen identified as white (not Hispanic), 16% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.2% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 78%
Black (not Hispanic) 16%
Two or more races 2.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.1%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nolen

Nolen has the Soundex code N450, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N450.

Questions

How common is the surname Nolen?: 10,820 people in the United States had the surname Nolen in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 28,535 Americans. It ranked 3,315th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nolen?: In the 2010 Census, 78% of people named Nolen identified as white (not Hispanic), and 16% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Nolen getting more or less common?: More common. 10,021 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 10,820 in 2010, up 8.0%.