Nolen Surname
Approximately 15,339 people bear this surname
Nolen Surname Definition:
(Irish) Grandson of little Nuall (noble, famous).
Nolen Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 14,500 | 1:24,997 | 3,146 |
| Australia | 433 | 1:62,346 | 7,528 |
| Netherlands | 143 | 1:118,092 | 18,619 |
| Papua New Guinea | 47 | 1:173,483 | 24,058 |
| Indonesia | 29 | 1:4,560,317 | 223,141 |
| France | 29 | 1:2,290,439 | 180,028 |
| Canada | 23 | 1:1,601,982 | 107,690 |
| Nicaragua | 23 | 1:261,787 | 2,814 |
| England | 15 | 1:3,714,537 | 119,675 |
| New Zealand | 11 | 1:411,666 | 31,040 |
| Sweden | 9 | 1:1,094,084 | 81,336 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1:6,772,213 | 167,054 |
| Norway | 8 | 1:642,786 | 47,258 |
| Germany | 7 | 1:11,500,780 | 305,602 |
| Kenya | 4 | 1:11,544,975 | 62,419 |
| Thailand | 4 | 1:17,659,586 | 685,799 |
| Spain | 3 | 1:15,584,012 | 120,866 |
| India | 3 | 1:255,688,461 | 1,306,352 |
| Philippines | 2 | 1:50,619,112 | 341,003 |
| Japan | 2 | 1:63,922,146 | 62,827 |
| Costa Rica | 2 | 1:2,390,034 | 10,205 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Brazil | 2 | 1:107,037,166 | 1,031,150 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,354,470 | 19,715 |
| Turkey | 1 | 1:77,821,422 | 191,047 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Vanuatu | 1 | 1:263,276 | 2,086 |
| South Korea | 1 | 1:51,240,256 | 8,015 |
| Zimbabwe | 1 | 1:15,438,240 | 133,260 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 | 1:30,855,817 | 63,028 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
| Hong Kong | 1 | 1:7,335,483 | 16,643 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Brunei | 1 | 1:418,731 | 3,893 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Dominica | 1 | 1:75,891 | 912 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Finland | 1 | 1:5,496,702 | 84,025 |
| Guatemala | 1 | 1:16,082,668 | 12,169 |
| Russia | 1 | 1:144,123,056 | 881,408 |
| Liberia | 1 | 1:4,408,535 | 47,110 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Bahamas | 1 | 1:391,751 | 2,737 |
| Panama | 1 | 1:3,912,258 | 17,195 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 10 | 1:442,987 | 15,290 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 23 | 1:1,059,799 | 41,508 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1:1,247,739 | 24,719 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 2,670 | 1:18,808 | 2,391 |
The alternate forms: Nolén (98) & Ñolen (1) are calculated separately.
Nolen (2,253) may also be a first name.
Nolen Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
(Irish) Grandson of little Nuall (noble, famous).
Nolen Demographics
Average Nolen Salary in
United States
$40,222 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Nolen Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nolen Come From? nationality or country of origin
The last name Nolen (Marathi: नोलेन, Russian: Нолэн) is carried by more people in The United States than any other country/territory. It can be rendered as a variant: Nolén or Ñolen. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.
How Common Is The Last Name Nolen? popularity and diffusion
The last name is the 34,538th most widespread family name at a global level, borne by approximately 1 in 475,099 people. The surname Nolen is primarily found in The Americas, where 95 percent of Nolen are found; 95 percent are found in North America and 95 percent are found in Anglo-North America. Nolen is also the 157,356th most commonly occurring forename at a global level, held by 2,253 people.
Nolen is most widely held in The United States, where it is borne by 14,500 people, or 1 in 24,997. In The United States it is mostly found in: Texas, where 17 percent are found, Tennessee, where 8 percent are found and Alabama, where 7 percent are found. Outside of The United States it occurs in 50 countries. It also occurs in Australia, where 3 percent are found and The Netherlands, where 1 percent are found.
Nolen Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The frequency of Nolen has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people bearing the Nolen last name rose 543 percent between 1880 and 2014; in England it contracted 35 percent between 1881 and 2014; in Ireland it contracted 80 percent between 1901 and 2014 and in Scotland it contracted 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nolen Last Name Statistics demography
The religious adherence of those bearing the surname is primarily Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those bearing the Nolen last name are 14.85% more likely to be registered with the Republican Party than the national average, with 61.62% registered to vote for the party.
The amount Nolen earn in different countries varies greatly. In Norway they earn 24.21% less than the national average, earning 262,302 kr per year; in South Africa they earn 243.12% more than the national average, earning R 815,388 per year; in United States they earn 6.78% less than the national average, earning $40,222 USD per year and in Canada they earn 9.57% less than the national average, earning $44,926 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nolen Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nolen in the Marathi language | ||
| नोलेन | nolena | 66.67 |
| नोलॅन | nolena | 33.33 |
| Nolen in the Russian language | ||
| Нолэн | nolen | - |
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Nolen Reference & Research
Nolan FamilyTree DNA Group - A group collating DNA test results for those who bear the surname, includes results of DNA tests and discussions.
Nolan FamilyTree DNA Project - A description of a group researching the paternal lines of men who bear the surname with the help of DNA analysis.
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Footnotes
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nolen
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