How common is the last name Nolan?

43,879 people in the United States have the last name Nolan, about 1 in 6,812. It ranks #770 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

NOLAN

#770

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
43,879
About
1 in 6,812
This common or more
36.8%
Who bears it

Of the 43,879 people with the last name Nolan, 84.3% reported their origin as White, 7.2% as Black and 4% as Hispanic or Latino. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Nolan

#768 Marin · 43,997#769 Mccullough · 43,929#771 Salgado · 43,867#772 Merritt · 43,857

Spelled almost the same

4 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Nolan, most common first.

#3,391 Nolen · 10,314#13,493 Nolin · 2,155#27,242 Nowlan · 938#121,931 Nollan · 149

Also a first name

As a first name, Nolan ranks #569 of 53,615, with 94,520 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2015, with 5,757 births. See Nolan as a first name

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