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    The surname Noriega

    A Spanish surname, carried by 14,559 people in the United States.

    4 syllables Soundex N620

    Noriega: #2,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Noriega #2,477, 14,559 people Noriega: #2,477 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#100Jimenez Noriega #2,477, 14,559 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Noriega is more common than 98.5% of them.

    Origin

    Spanish origin

    From Spanish.

    One of 992 Spanish surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 14,559 people named Noriega in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 21,207 Americans. That is up 31% since 2000, when the Census counted 11,089.

    #2,477
    rank among US surnames
    14,559
    people in 2010
    4.9
    per 100,000 Americans
    +31.3%
    change since 2000 (was #2,990)
    RankSurnamePeople1 in
    #2,473Kahn14,58421,170
    #2,474Barth14,57921,177
    #2,475Dove14,56021,205
    #2,477Noriega14,55921,207

    Who is named Noriega

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

    91% of people named Noriega identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), 5.8% as white (not Hispanic) and 1.9% as Asian and Pacific Islander.

    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 91%
    • White (not Hispanic) 5.8%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 1.9%
    • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%
    • Two or more races 0.3%

    Compare: most common surnames among Hispanic and Latino Americans.

    Famous Noriegas

    2 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Zenón Noriega Agüero
      37th & 39th President of Peru (1900-1957)
    • Adore Delano
      American singer and drag queen, born 1989

    Notable Noriegas come mostly from Peru (1) and the United States (1).

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Noriega

    Noriega has the Soundex code N620, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N620.

    Other Spanish surnames

    All 992 Spanish surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Noriega come from?
    From Spanish.
    How common is the surname Noriega?
    14,559 people in the United States had the surname Noriega in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 21,207 Americans. It ranked 2,477th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Noriega?
    In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Noriega identified as Hispanic or Latino (any race), and 5.8% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Noriega?
    Zenón Noriega Agüero, 37th & 39th President of Peru (1900-1957), followed by Adore Delano.
    Where is the surname Noriega most common?
    Wikidata records people named Noriega in Peru and the United States.
    Is the surname Noriega getting more or less common?
    More common. 11,089 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 14,559 in 2010, up 31%.