Noble surname: U.S. census count, rank and records | FamilyCrests

The Noble surname

In the 2000 U.S. Census, 40,217 people carried this name — #784 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 6,710 people counted.

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In France’s civil register

France’s register of deaths holds 943 people named Noble.

45 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 64 départements, most often Charente.

Where it concentrates, on the map

Where they were born

Born outside France 45
Charente 98
Aube 74
Gironde 72
Paris 70
Alpes-Maritimes 69
Charente-Maritime 59
Bouches-du-Rhône 44
Alpes-de-Haute-Provence 30

Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.

In Switzerland’s population statistics

115 people named Noble live in Switzerland.

They live in 7 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.

Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.

Where they live today

Vaud 47
Geneva 31
Fribourg 21
Schwyz 5
Valais 5
Bern 3
Zurich 3

Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.

When the index is not enough

This page says where Noble is.
A volume says what happened to it.

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