Explore the Family Name Notah

The meaning of Notah

Native American (Navajo): from an American English spelling of the name of the Navajo clan Nóóda’í dine’é ‘Ute People’.

Dictionary of American Family Names, 2nd edition, © Oxford University Press, 2022.

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

Based on data from the Decennial U.S. Census, the surname Notah has climbed in popularity between 2000 and 2010. In 2000, it was ranked 61,544 with a count of 305 individuals. By 2010, its rank had improved to 57,372 and the count increased to 355, marking a significant change of 16.39 percent. The proportion per 100,000 also rose from 0.11 to 0.12, showing a 9.09 percent increase in a decade.

20002010Change
Rank#61,544#57,3726.78%
Count30535516.39%
Proportion per 100k0.110.129.09%

Race and Ethnicity of people with the last name Notah

The ethnic identity associated with the surname Notah shows fascinating patterns. The Decennial U.S. Census data indicate that nearly all bearers of this surname in 2000 were of American Indian and Alaskan Native ethnicity, at 95.41 percent. This figure decreased slightly to 92.68 percent by 2010. The proportion identifying as white declined by 14.35 percent, dropping from 2.30 percent to 1.97 percent, while those identifying as Hispanic increased from 1.97 percent to 2.25 percent, a rise of 14.21 percent. The data for Asian/Pacific Islander and Black ethnicities remained suppressed for privacy, and those identifying with two or more races appeared for the first time in 2010, accounting for 2.82 percent of the total.

20002010Change
American Indian and Alaskan Native95.41%92.68%-2.86%
Two or More Races0%2.82%0%
Hispanic1.97%2.25%14.21%
White2.3%1.97%-14.35%
Asian/Pacific Islander0%0%0%
Black0%0%0%