Noë Surname

832,284th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 332 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Belgium
Highest density in:
Belgium

Noë Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Noë Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Belgium2411:47,7047,759
Netherlands681:248,34131,935
France61:11,070,454349,096
United States51:72,491,7871,102,614
Chad41:3,398,0507,703
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
England11:55,718,059489,080
Romania11:20,077,87089,414
Rwanda11:11,364,9785,947

The alternate forms: Nòe (1) are calculated separately.

Noë (43) may also be a first name.

Noë Last Name Facts

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

The surname Noë is carried by more people in Belgium than any other country or territory. It can also be rendered in the variant forms: Nòe. For other potential spellings of Noë click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Noë? popularity and diffusion

The last name Noë is the 832,284th most commonly occurring surname throughout the world, borne by approximately 1 in 21,950,440 people. This last name is predominantly found in Europe, where 96 percent of Noë reside; 95 percent reside in Western Europe and 86 percent reside in Germanic Europe. It is also the 1,545,828th most numerous first name worldwide, borne by 43 people.

Noë is most common in Belgium, where it is borne by 241 people, or 1 in 47,704. In Belgium Noë is primarily found in: Flemish Region, where 90 percent live, Brussels Capital Region, where 8 percent live and Walloon Region, where 2 percent live. Without taking into account Belgium this surname is found in 11 countries. It is also common in The Netherlands, where 20 percent live and France, where 2 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Noët8672/
Noëz8613/
No80357,478/
Nòe781/
Noëth7546/
Nouët751/
Ngo671,485,291/
Noy67120,411/
Noh6765,129/
Noo6731,279/
Noa6729,895/
Noi6711,836/
Noj679,660/
Nou678,862/
Nos675,603/
Not672,798/
Nod671,791/
Nop671,603/
Noz67781/
Nno67758/
Noß67753/
Nuo67475/
Noč67357/
Gno6739/
Hno678/
Noć675/
Noá674/
Nño672/
Noď671/
Nođ671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • 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 Noë
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