Nox Surname

1,235,409th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 188 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
American Samoa

Nox Surname Definition:

Local. Cnoc, in the Gaelic, is a little hill, a hillock.

Nox Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States561:6,472,481306,764
Papua New Guinea401:203,84328,184
France71:9,488,960336,266
South Africa71:7,739,672177,858
Guatemala61:2,680,4456,792
Brazil51:42,814,866547,158
Netherlands51:3,377,435111,911
Egypt41:22,983,93862,368
Germany41:20,126,365436,245
Mexico31:41,375,40271,397
Malaysia31:9,831,408269,765
Romania21:10,038,93580,612
Philippines21:50,619,112341,003
Switzerland21:4,106,458122,336
Jamaica21:1,434,97411,081
Iran21:38,391,262236,033
India21:383,532,6911,645,216
Argentina21:21,371,707253,176
England21:27,859,030389,889
Australia21:13,497,850222,987
Austria21:4,257,71899,224
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Hungary21:4,908,13864,617
Belgium21:5,748,322130,559
Singapore11:5,507,70347,049
American Samoa11:55,7583,072
Zambia11:15,849,92253,989
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
United Arab Emirates11:9,162,273135,437
Thailand11:70,638,3451,175,915
Taiwan11:23,444,74693,622
Bahamas11:391,7512,737
Spain11:46,752,036156,870
Solomon Islands11:580,02922,243
Slovenia11:2,487,67531,128
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Portugal11:10,418,24125,048
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
China11:1,367,321,56651,149
Colombia11:47,774,07244,230
Croatia11:4,228,60499,289
Cyprus11:884,87613,055
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Italy11:61,156,688199,583
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Fiji11:894,3914,568
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England61:4,062,562101,150
Wales11:1,568,41619,290
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States2111:238,00319,923

Nox (227) may also be a first name.

Nox Surname Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history

Local. Cnoc, in the Gaelic, is a little hill, a hillock.

An Etymological Dictionary of Family and Christian Names (1857) by William Arthur

Nox Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nox Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nox has its highest incidence in The United States. It can be rendered as a variant:. For other potential spellings of this name click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Nox? popularity and diffusion

The last name Nox is the 1,235,409th most common family name internationally, held by approximately 1 in 38,763,542 people. This last name is predominantly found in The Americas, where 43 percent of Nox live; 32 percent live in North America and 30 percent live in Anglo-North America. Nox is also the 596,468th most numerous first name at a global level. It is borne by 227 people.

The surname Nox is most commonly occurring in The United States, where it is held by 56 people, or 1 in 6,472,481. In The United States Nox is mostly found in: Louisiana, where 16 percent reside, Texas, where 13 percent reside and California, where 11 percent reside. Other than The United States this surname occurs in 45 countries. It is also common in Papua New Guinea, where 21 percent reside and France, where 4 percent reside.

Nox Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The prevalency of Nox has changed through the years. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nox last name fell 73 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it fell 67 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Nox Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States Nox are 36.56% more likely to be registered Republicans than The US average, with 83.33% registered to vote for the party.

Nox earn somewhat less than the average income. In United States they earn 14.6% less than the national average, earning $36,850 USD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nhox8617,619/
Ngox86607/
Noix8631/
Noux8617/
Noxe864/
Notx863/
Noex863/
Noxs862/
Noox862/
Nokx861/
Hnox861/
Gnox861/
Noxd861/
Nozx861/
Nnox861/
Nogx861/
Nohx861/
Noxt860/
Noxx860/
Noixe752/
Noxse751/
Noj679,660/
Nok677,106/
Nos675,603/
Noc67980/
Noz67781/
Noß67753/
Nex67440/
Noč67357/
Nax67278/
Nog67243/
Noq6733/
Noć675/

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