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    The surname Nolte

    A surname, carried by 6,180 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex N430

    Nolte: #5,624 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer Nolte #5,624, 6,180 people Nolte: #5,624 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Nolte #5,624, 6,180 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nolte is more common than 96.5% of them.

    Origin

    From German Nolte, from a short form of the given name Arnold.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 6,180 people named Nolte in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 49,959 Americans. That is about the same as in 2000, when the Census counted 6,176.

    #5,624
    rank among US surnames
    6,180
    people in 2010
    2.1
    per 100,000 Americans
    +0.1%
    change since 2000 (was #5,196)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #5,619Tapp6,18649,910
    #5,622Geisler6,18549,918
    #5,623Hershey6,18249,943
    #5,624Nolte6,18049,959

    Who is named Nolte

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

    95% of people named Nolte identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.2% as two or more races.

    • White (not Hispanic) 95%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.6%
    • Two or more races 1.2%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.4%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.2%

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Famous Noltes

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Nick Nolte
      American actor (born 1941)

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Nolte

    Nolte has the Soundex code N430, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N430.

    Questions

    Where does the surname Nolte come from?
    From German Nolte, from a short form of the given name Arnold.
    How common is the surname Nolte?
    6,180 people in the United States had the surname Nolte in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 49,959 Americans. It ranked 5,624th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Nolte?
    In the 2010 Census, 95% of people named Nolte identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.6% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Who is the most famous person named Nolte?
    Nick Nolte, American actor (born 1941).
    Where is the surname Nolte most common?
    Wikidata records people named Nolte in the United States.
    Is the surname Nolte getting more or less common?
    More common. 6,176 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 6,180 in 2010, up 0.1%.