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The surname Nottingham

A surname, carried by 4,165 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex N352

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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). Nottingham is more common than 95.1% of them.

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 4,165 people named Nottingham in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 74,129 Americans. That is up 2.0% since 2000, when the Census counted 4,082.

#7,944
rank among US surnames
4,165
people in 2010
1.4
per 100,000 Americans
+2%
change since 2000 (was #7,518)
RankSurnamePeople1 in
#7,939Rutland4,16874,075
#7,940Waddle4,16774,093
#7,942Wirtz4,16674,111
#7,944Mele4,16574,129
#7,947Czarnecki4,16474,146
#7,950Alleyne4,16374,164

Who is named Nottingham

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

82% of people named Nottingham identified as white (not Hispanic), 12% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.3% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

  • White (not Hispanic) 82%
  • Black (not Hispanic) 12%
  • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.3%
  • Two or more races 2.1%
  • American Indian and Alaska Native 0.8%
  • Asian and Pacific Islander 0.6%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nottingham

Nottingham has the Soundex code N352, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N352.

Questions

How common is the surname Nottingham?
4,165 people in the United States had the surname Nottingham in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 74,129 Americans. It ranked 7,944th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nottingham?
In the 2010 Census, 82% of people named Nottingham identified as white (not Hispanic), and 12% as Black (not Hispanic).
Is the surname Nottingham getting more or less common?
More common. 4,082 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 4,165 in 2010, up 2.0%.