How common is the surname Nourse?

1,439 people in the United States had the surname Nourse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,556 Americans. It ranked 18,961st of 162,253 surnames.

Who is the most famous person named Nourse?

Elizabeth Nourse, American artist (1859-1938), followed by Edith Nourse Rogers.

Where is the surname Nourse most common?

Wikidata records people named Nourse in the United States.

Is the surname Nourse getting more or less common?

More common. 1,349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,439 in 2010, up 6.7%.

The surname Nourse

A surname, carried by 1,439 people in the United States.

1 syllable Soundex N620

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Nourse is more common than 88.3% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,439 people named Nourse in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 214,556 Americans. That is up 6.7% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,349.

#18,961

rank among US surnames

1,439

people in 2010

0.5

per 100,000 Americans

+6.7%

change since 2000 (was #18,781)

Who is named Nourse

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

91% of people named Nourse identified as white (not Hispanic), 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic) and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 91%
Black (not Hispanic) 3.2%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.3%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.5%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Nourses

4 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Elizabeth Nourse
American artist (1859-1938)
Edith Nourse Rogers
American politician (1881-1960)
Amos Nourse
American politician (1794-1877)
Alan E. Nourse
American writer and physician (1928–1992)

Spellings and sound-alikes

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Surnames that sound like Nourse

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

Questions

How common is the surname Nourse?: 1,439 people in the United States had the surname Nourse in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 214,556 Americans. It ranked 18,961st of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Nourse?: In the 2010 Census, 91% of people named Nourse identified as white (not Hispanic), and 3.2% as Black (not Hispanic).
Who is the most famous person named Nourse?: Elizabeth Nourse, American artist (1859-1938), followed by Edith Nourse Rogers.
Where is the surname Nourse most common?: Wikidata records people named Nourse in the United States.
Is the surname Nourse getting more or less common?: More common. 1,349 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,439 in 2010, up 6.7%.