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    The surname Noronha

    A Portuguese place surname, carried by 547 people in the United States.

    3 syllables Soundex N650

    Noronha: #40,082 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#160,975Doriott#10Martinez#100Jimenez#1,000Archer#10,001Dubon Noronha #40,082, 547 people Noronha: #40,082 of 162,253 surnames in the 2010 US Census #1Smith#100Jimenez Noronha #40,082, 547 people
    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Noronha is more common than 75.3% of them.

    Origin

    Portuguese origin

    Borrowed from Portuguese Noronha, a habitational surname from the town of Noreña, in northern Spain.

    Noronha is a place surname: taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.

    One of 71 Portuguese surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 547 people named Noronha in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 564,434 Americans. That is up 47% since 2000, when the Census counted 372.

    #40,082
    rank among US surnames
    547
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +47%
    change since 2000 (was #52,403)

    Who is named Noronha

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

    61% of people named Noronha identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, 27% as white (not Hispanic) and 7.0% as two or more races.

    • Asian and Pacific Islander 61%
    • White (not Hispanic) 27%
    • Two or more races 7.0%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans.

    Famous Noronhas

    1 notable person on Wikidata, most written-about first

    • Fábio Noronha
      Brazilian footballer, born 1975

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Noronha

    Noronha has the Soundex code N650, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N650.

    Other Portuguese surnames

    All 71 Portuguese surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Noronha come from?
    Borrowed from Portuguese Noronha, a habitational surname from the town of Noreña, in northern Spain.
    How common is the surname Noronha?
    547 people in the United States had the surname Noronha in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 564,434 Americans. It ranked 40,082nd of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Noronha?
    In the 2010 Census, 61% of people named Noronha identified as Asian and Pacific Islander, and 27% as white (not Hispanic).
    Who is the most famous person named Noronha?
    Fábio Noronha, Brazilian footballer.
    Where is the surname Noronha most common?
    Wikidata records people named Noronha in Brazil.
    What type of surname is Noronha?
    Noronha is a place surname, taken from where an ancestor lived or came from.
    Is the surname Noronha getting more or less common?
    More common. 372 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 547 in 2010, up 47%.