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    The surname Noy

    A Hebrew nickname surname, carried by 653 people in the United States.

    1 syllable Soundex N000

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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). Noy is more common than 78.7% of them.

    Origin

    Hebrew origin

    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)

    Noy is a nickname surname: from a description or nickname of an ancestor.

    One of 51 Hebrew surnames on this site.

    Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

    How common it is

    2010 US Census

    There were 653 people named Noy in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 472,811 Americans. That is up 23% since 2000, when the Census counted 529.

    #34,618
    rank among US surnames
    653
    people in 2010
    0.2
    per 100,000 Americans
    +23.4%
    change since 2000 (was #39,176)

    Who is named Noy

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

    41% of people named Noy identified as white (not Hispanic), 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander and 21% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

    • White (not Hispanic) 41%
    • Asian and Pacific Islander 29%
    • Hispanic or Latino (any race) 21%
    • Black (not Hispanic) 6.4%
    The Census suppresses very small shares to protect privacy; Native American, Multiracial are not shown.

    Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

    Spellings and sound-alikes

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    Surnames that sound like Noy

    Noy has the Soundex code N000, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N000.

    Other Hebrew surnames

    All 51 Hebrew surnames

    Questions

    Where does the surname Noy come from?
    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…
    How common is the surname Noy?
    653 people in the United States had the surname Noy in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 472,811 Americans. It ranked 34,618th of 162,253 surnames.
    What ethnicity is the surname Noy?
    In the 2010 Census, 41% of people named Noy identified as white (not Hispanic), and 29% as Asian and Pacific Islander.
    What type of surname is Noy?
    Noy is a nickname surname, from a description or nickname of an ancestor.
    Is the surname Noy getting more or less common?
    More common. 529 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 653 in 2010, up 23%.