How common is the surname Noss?

1,287 people in the United States had the surname Noss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,896 Americans. It ranked 20,591st of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Noss?

In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Noss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Is the surname Noss getting more or less common?

Less common. 1,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,287 in 2010, down 0.9%.

The surname Noss

A surname, carried by 1,287 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Noss is more common than 87.3% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,287 people named Noss in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 239,896 Americans. That is down 0.9% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,299.

#20,591

rank among US surnames

1,287

people in 2010

0.4

per 100,000 Americans

-0.9%

change since 2000 (was #19,302)

Who is named Noss

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

94% of people named Noss identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.3% as Black (not Hispanic).

White (not Hispanic) 94%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 3.0%
Black (not Hispanic) 1.3%
Two or more races 1.2%

The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Asian & Pacific Islander, Native American are not shown.

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Noss

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

Questions

How common is the surname Noss?: 1,287 people in the United States had the surname Noss in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 239,896 Americans. It ranked 20,591st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Noss?: In the 2010 Census, 94% of people named Noss identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.0% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Is the surname Noss getting more or less common?: Less common. 1,299 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,287 in 2010, down 0.9%.