How common is the surname Noyes?

9,710 people in the United States had the surname Noyes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,797 Americans. It ranked 3,666th of 162,253 surnames.

What ethnicity is the surname Noyes?

In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Noyes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).

Who is the most famous person named Noyes?

Arthur Amos Noyes, American chemist (1866-1936), followed by John Humphrey Noyes.

Where is the surname Noyes most common?

Wikidata records people named Noyes in the United States.

How do you pronounce Noyes?

Noyes is /ˈnɔɪz/, one syllable.

Is the surname Noyes getting more or less common?

More common. 9,407 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,710 in 2010, up 3.2%.

The surname Noyes

A patronymic surname, carried by 9,710 people in the United States.

Pronounced /ˈnɔɪz/ 1 syllable Soundex N200

Every surname held by 100 or more people in the 2010 US Census, most common on the left (162,253 in all). Noyes is more common than 97.7% of them.

Origin

A surname originating as a patronymic derived from Noah.

Noyes is a patronymic surname: formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.

Origin from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How common it is

2010 US Census

There were 9,710 people named Noyes in the United States in 2010, about 1 in every 31,797 Americans. That is up 3.2% since 2000, when the Census counted 9,407.

#3,666

rank among US surnames

9,710

people in 2010

3.3

per 100,000 Americans

+3.2%

change since 2000 (was #3,471)

Rank	Surname	People	1 in
#3,657	Handley	9,722	31,757
#3,659	Ledezma	9,721	31,761
#3,660	Binder	9,720	31,764
#3,662	Xie	9,716	31,777
#3,663	Kelleher	9,714	31,784
#3,664	Counts	9,713	31,787
#3,665	Mancuso	9,711	31,793

Who is named Noyes

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

93% of people named Noyes identified as white (not Hispanic), 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race) and 1.6% as two or more races.

White (not Hispanic) 93%
Hispanic or Latino (any race) 2.9%
Two or more races 1.6%
Asian and Pacific Islander 0.8%
American Indian and Alaska Native 0.7%
Black (not Hispanic) 0.7%

Compare: most common surnames among white Americans.

Famous Noyess

6 notable people on Wikidata, most written-about first

Arthur Amos Noyes
American chemist (1866-1936)
John Humphrey Noyes
American utopian community founder (1811–1886)
Eliot Noyes
American architect and industrial designer (1910–1977)
Maty Noyes
American singer, born 1997
Blanche Noyes
American aviator, 1900–1981
William A. Noyes
American chemist (1857–1941)

Spellings and sound-alikes

Useful when a record has your ancestor under another spelling

Variant spellings

Noyce

Surnames that sound like Noyes

Noss

Noyes has the Soundex code N200, the code US census indexes have used since the 1930s. Every surname with code N200.

Questions

How common is the surname Noyes?: 9,710 people in the United States had the surname Noyes in the 2010 Census, about 1 in every 31,797 Americans. It ranked 3,666th of 162,253 surnames.
What ethnicity is the surname Noyes?: In the 2010 Census, 93% of people named Noyes identified as white (not Hispanic), and 2.9% as Hispanic or Latino (any race).
Who is the most famous person named Noyes?: Arthur Amos Noyes, American chemist (1866-1936), followed by John Humphrey Noyes.
Where is the surname Noyes most common?: Wikidata records people named Noyes in the United States.
How do you pronounce Noyes?: Noyes is /ˈnɔɪz/, one syllable.
What type of surname is Noyes?: Noyes is a patronymic surname, formed from a father’s (or ancestor’s) given name.
Is the surname Noyes getting more or less common?: More common. 9,407 people carried it in the 2000 Census and 9,710 in 2010, up 3.2%.
What are other spellings of Noyes?: Noyce.