Explore the Family Name Nobert

The meaning of Nobert

French (Alsace and Lorraine) and German: variant of Norbert. This surname is very rare in both France and Germany. Some characteristic forenames: French Normand, Gaston, Henri, Huguette, Marcel.

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How common is the last name Nobert in the United States?

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Nobert saw a slight decrease in popularity from 2000 to 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 79,676th and by 2010 it had slipped to 80,419th, marking a reduction of 0.93 percent. However, the actual count of people with the surname increased from 222 in 2000 to 236 in 2010, reflecting a growth of 6.31 percent. The proportion per 100,000 people remained at 0.08 for both years.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#79,676	#80,419	-0.93%
Count	222	236	6.31%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.08	0%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Nobert

The ethnicity breakdown of the surname Nobert, based on the Decennial U.S. Census, shows that the majority of individuals identify as White, although there was a slight decrease from 90.54 percent in 2000 to 89.41 percent in 2010. The percentage of those identifying as Black increased by 5.83 percent from 3.60 percent in 2000 to 3.81 percent in 2010. Importantly, there were no individuals who identified as Asian/Pacific Islander or American Indian and Alaskan Native in either year. Interestingly, there was a new emergence of individuals identifying with two or more races in 2010, which was not recorded in 2000. Those identifying as Hispanic disappeared completely in 2010 after making up 2.70 percent of the Nobert surname holders in 2000.

	2000	2010	Change
White	90.54%	89.41%	-1.25%
Black	3.6%	3.81%	5.83%
Two or More Races	0%	2.54%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
Hispanic	2.7%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%