The Noel surname
In the 2000 U.S. Census, 28,401 people carried this name — #1,130 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 9,500 people counted.
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In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 19,787 people named Noel.
435 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 103 départements, most often Paris.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they were born
Fichier des personnes décédées, INSEE — Licence Ouverte 2.0 · deaths recorded in France since 1970, by place of birth.
In Belgium’s population register
At least 5,482 people named Noel live in Belgium.
Statbel only publishes a name in a municipality when five or more people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Liège.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
Statbel (Statistics Belgium), family names of the population by municipality, 1 January 2026 — CC BY 4.0.
In Switzerland’s population statistics
424 people named Noel live in Switzerland.
They live in 11 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Vaud.
Where it concentrates, on the mapWhere they live today
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.
In print
Noel in American newspapers,
1938.
Chronicling America, Library of Congress — digitised newspapers in the public domain · 255,049 pages in all carry the name.
Who carried it
People named Noel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Baptist Noel, 3rd Viscount Campden 1611–1682 · politician -
Edward Noel, 1st Earl of Gainsborough 1640–1689 · politician -
Frances Noel 1673–1751 -
Baptist Noel, 3rd Earl of Gainsborough 1684–1714 -
Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough 1708–1751
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0) · 256 lives in all are documented under this name.
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Noel.
- Noblet 425 · U.S. census
- Nocella 723 · U.S. census
- Nocera 1,553 · U.S. census
- Nochez 172 · U.S. census
- Nock 2,018 · U.S. census
- Noe 10,789 · U.S. census
- Noell 1,713 · U.S. census
- Noga 1,701 · U.S. census
- Nogueira 1,430 · U.S. census
- Noguera 1,624 · U.S. census
- Nogues 257 · U.S. census
- Noguez 512 · U.S. census
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