How common is the surname Novello?

1,750 people in the United States had the surname Novello in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,426 Americans. It ranked 16,437th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Novello?

In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Novello identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Novello?

Don Novello, American actor and director, followed by Antonia Coello-Novello.

Where is the surname Novello most common?

Wikidata records people named Novello in the United States.

Is the surname Novello getting more or less common?

More common. 1,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,750 in 2010, up 12%.

The surname Novello

A surname, carried by 1,750 people in the United States.

3 syllables Soundex N140

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Novello is more common than 89.9% of them.

Origin

A surname.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 1,750 people named Novello in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 176,426 Americans. That is up 12% since 2000, when the Census counted 1,558.

#16,437

rank among US surnames

1,750

people in 2010

0.6

per 100,000 Americans

+12.3%

change since 2000 (was #16,859)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#16,437	Novello	1,750	176,426
#16,444	Guimond	1,749	176,527

Who is named Novello

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

89% of people named Novello identified as white (not Hispanic), 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

White (not Hispanic) 89%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 10%
Two or more races 0.7%

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

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Novellos

3 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Don Novello
American actor and director, born 1943
Antonia Coello-Novello
14th Surgeon General of the United States, born 1944
Jay Novello
American actor (1904-1982)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Surnames that sound like Novello

Novelli

Novello has the Soundex code N140, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N140.

Questions

How common is the surname Novello?: 1,750 people in the United States had the surname Novello in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 176,426 Americans. It ranked 16,437th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Novello?: In the 2010 Census, 89% of people named Novello identified as white (not Hispanic), and 10% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Novello?: Don Novello, American actor and director, followed by Antonia Coello-Novello.
Where is the surname Novello most common?: Wikidata records people named Novello in the United States.
Is the surname Novello getting more or less common?: More common. 1,558 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 1,750 in 2010, up 12%.