Noonan

At the 2020 census, 12,693 Americans bore the surname Noonan — 2,765th out of 156,621 surnames on file. That is about one person in 23,500.

By the numbers

People: 12,693
Rank: 2,765th
How common: 1 in 23,500
Per 100,000: 4.3

Where the name comes from

Origin Irish

Anglicization of from Ionmhaineán, a given name derived from the diminutive of Ionmhain (“beloved, dear”).

Etymology from Wiktionary, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Who bears the name

How people with the surname Noonan described their own race and Hispanic origin at the 2020 census:

White, not Hispanic 92.1%
Hispanic or Latino 3.3%
Two or more races, not Hispanic 2.8%
Black, not Hispanic 1.0%
Asian or Pacific Islander, not Hispanic 0.7%
American Indian or Alaska Native, not Hispanic 0.2%

Notable people called Noonan

Tom Noonan (1951–2026)American actor, director, and screenwriter
Tommy Noonan (1921–1968)American actor, screenwriter and producer
Daniel Noonan (born 1979)Australian rower
Pat Noonan (born 1980)American soccer player and coach
Chris Noonan (born 1952)Australian film director 1952-
Fred Noonan (1893–1938)American flight navigator, sea captain, and aviation pioneer
Peggy Noonan (born 1950)American author and conservative columnist

People named Noonan with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).

Surnames like Noonan

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Source: US Census Bureau, Frequently Occurring Surnames, 2020. The Census describes the file as the surnames borne by 100 or more people; rarer names are not published. The line is not quite exact, and 617 published names come in under it, the smallest at 92 people. Race and Hispanic origin are self-reported. Rates are worked out against the 298.9 million people the file's own figures are calculated on, which is fewer than the census counted in all: the difference is everyone whose surname was too rare to publish.