# Noy (surname)

Source: https://namelineage.com/surname/noy/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. Counts from the US Census Bureau; origin and etymology from Wiktionary; bearers from Wikidata. Data updated 2026-11-11.

A surname.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Type | nickname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor |
| People in the US (2010 Census) | 653 |
| US rank (2010) | 34,618 of 162,253 |
| How often | about 1 in every 472,811 people |
| Change since 2000 | +23% (529 in 2000) |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |

## Etymology

Several origins: * A variant of the English surname Noe, related to Noah. * Ornamental surname, from Hebrew נוי (nói, “decoration, adornment”), in part adopted as a Hebraicized form of various Ashkenazi surnames containg the unrelated German element neu (“new”) * Borrowed from Catalan Noy, variant of Noi, nickname from noi (“boy, lad”) * Borrowed from Lao ຍ (nya)

## Who carries it

Share of people named Noy in the 2010 US Census by the Census's own race and ethnicity groups. The Census suppresses a share when the count behind it is small.

| Group | Share |
|---|---|
| White (not Hispanic) | 41% |
| Black (not Hispanic) | 6.4% |
| Hispanic or Latino (any race) | 21% |
| Asian and Pacific Islander | 29% |

## Similar surnames

Noe, Noh, No, Noa, Nye, New, Noah, Nay, Ni, Neu, Ney, Nau.

## How to read these numbers

A Census count is people alive and counted in 2010, not births, and names occurring fewer than 100 times are not published at all. Ethnicity shares are the Census's own categories.