Explore the Family Name Noisette

The meaning of Noisette

French: from Old French noisette ‘quarrel’, used as a nickname for a quarrelsome individual. This surname is also found in Haiti.

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

Based on the Decennial U.S. Census data, the surname Noisette saw a notable increase in its popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, Noisette was ranked 78,549th in terms of popularity but by 2010, it had risen to 66,754th, marking an improvement of 15.02%. Furthermore, there was a 30.97% increase in the count of people bearing this surname, from 226 in 2000 to 296 in 2010. The proportion of people with the Noisette surname per 100,000 also saw an increase of 25%.

	2000	2010	Change
Rank	#78,549	#66,754	15.02%
Count	226	296	30.97%
Proportion per 100k	0.08	0.1	25%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Noisette

Regarding ethnicity, data from the Decennial U.S. Census shows that the largest ethnic identity associated with the Noisette surname has been consistently Black, with an increase from 85.84% in 2000 to 91.22% in 2010. The proportion of individuals identified as belonging to two or more races decreased significantly from 8.85% to 2.36% over the same period. There was a slight decrease in the representation of White individuals, dropping from 4.42% to 4.05%. Interestingly, there was an emergence of Hispanic identification among those bearing the surname, rising to 2.36% in 2010 from no record in 2000. Meanwhile, representations of Asian/Pacific Islander and American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicities remained at zero for both census years.

	2000	2010	Change
Black	85.84%	91.22%	6.27%
White	4.42%	4.05%	-8.37%
Two or More Races	8.85%	2.36%	-73.33%
Hispanic	0%	2.36%	0%
Asian/Pacific Islander	0%	0%	0%
American Indian and Alaskan Native	0%	0%	0%