The Novel surname
In the 2010 U.S. Census, 322 people carried this name — #62,189 among all U.S. surnames, about 1 in every 909,100 people counted. That is up 17% from 275 in 2000.
In France’s civil register
France’s register of deaths holds 449 people named Novel.
25 of them were born outside France. Those born in France came from 30 départements, most often Haute-Savoie.
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 Switzerland’s population statistics
26 people named Novel live in Switzerland.
They live in 3 of Switzerland’s 26 cantons, most of all in Geneva.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), «Surnames of the permanent resident population by canton», 2025, opendata.swiss/en/dataset/nachnamen-der-standigen-wohnbevolkerung-nach-kanton3 · names with fewer than 3 bearers in a canton are not published.
In Argentina’s national register
At least 20 people named Novel live in Argentina.
RENAPER only publishes a name in a province when more than ten people there share it, so the real number is higher. Most of them live in Buenos Aires Province.
Too few records to say where it concentrates region by region — these are plain counts, not shares.
Where they live today
RENAPER (National Registry of Persons, Argentina), surnames of residents by province, December 2021 — CC BY 4.0.
Who carried it
People named Novel,
with a public archive behind them.
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Arnaud Novel 1201–1317 · teacher -
Céline Novel 1969– · screenwriter
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Puput Novel 1974–2024 · actor
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Anne-Sophie Novel 1981– · journalist
Wikidata and Wikimedia Commons (CC0).
Nearby in the index
Surnames next to Novel.
- Nouri 827 · U.S. census
- Noury 410 · U.S. census
- Nova 2,928 · U.S. census
- Novak 35,461 · U.S. census
- Novara 334 · U.S. census
- Nove 145 · U.S. census
- Novella 558 · U.S. census
- Novelli 1,092 · U.S. census
- Novello 1,750 · U.S. census
- Novi 179 · U.S. census
- Novis 209 · U.S. census
- Novo 1,091 · U.S. census
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