Explore the Family Name Nobile

The meaning of Nobile

Italian: nickname from nobile ‘noble’ (see Noble). Some characteristic forenames: Italian Salvatore, Rocco, Angelo, Agostino, Antonio, Carmine, Ciro, Gaetano, Giovani, Giovanni, Lucio, Onofrio.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census, the popularity of the surname Nobile has seen a slight drop between 2000 and 2010 in the United States. In 2000, it was ranked as the 18,857th most common surname, but fell to the 19,671st position by 2010, indicating a change of -4.32%. Despite this drop in rank, the count of individuals with the surname Nobile actually increased from 1,341 in 2000 to 1,370 in 2010, a growth of 2.16%. However, when compared to the proportion per 100,000 people, there was an 8% decrease from 0.5 in 2000 to 0.46 in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#18,857	#19,671	-4.32%
Count	1,341	1,370	2.16%
Proportion per 100k	0.5	0.46	-8%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Nobile

As for its ethnic identity as per the Decennial U.S. Census data, the majority of individuals with the Nobile surname identify as White, with 95.75% in 2000 dropping slightly to 93.94% in 2010. The next significant ethnicity associated with the surname is Hispanic, which saw a substantial increase of 80.33%, growing from 2.39% in 2000 to 4.31% in 2010. There was also a notable rise of 53.85% in the number of individuals identifying with two or more races, going from 0.52% in 2000 to 0.80% in 2010. Meanwhile, the percentage of people identified as Asian/Pacific Islander decreased by 34.83% over the decade. The percentage of Black individuals and American Indian and Alaskan Natives both remained at zero in 2010.

	2000	2010	Change
White	95.75%	93.94%	-1.89%
Hispanic	2.39%	4.31%	80.33%
Two or More Races	0.52%	0.8%	53.85%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0.89%	0.58%	-34.83%
Black	0.45%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%