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    The surname Noska

    A Czech surname, carried by 524 people in the United States.

    2 syllables Soundex N200

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    Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Noska is more common than 74.4% of them.

    Origin

    Czech origin

    Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Noška, derivative of Nosek. Also from nôška, diminutive of noša (“backpack”) (compare nosiť (“to carry”)).

    One of 96 Czech surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 524 people named Noska in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. That is up 3.1% since 2000, when the Census counted 508.

    #41,501
    rank among US surnames
    524
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +3.1%
    change since 2000 (was #40,552)

    Who is named Noska

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

    96% of people named Noska identified as white (not Hispanic), 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 96%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 1.9%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.9%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Black, Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Noska

    Noska has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

    Other Czech surnames

    All 96 Czech surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Noska come from?
    Borrowed from Czech and Slovak Noška, derivative of Nosek. Also from nôška, diminutive of noša (“backpack”) (compare nosiť (“to carry”)).
    How common is the surname Noska?
    524 people in the United States had the surname Noska in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 589,209 Americans. It ranked 41,501st of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Noska?
    In the 2010 Census, 96% of people named Noska identified as white (not Hispanic), and 1.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
    Is the surname Noska getting more or less common?
    More common. 508 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 524 in 2010, up 3.1%.