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The noah Surname

noah Name Meaning and History

  1. English, German, and Jewish (Sephardic and Israeli): from the Biblical personal name Noah (see Noe).
  2. English: probably a variant spelling of Noar, a topographic name derived from misdivision of the Middle English phrase atten ore ‘at the bank or steep slope’ (Old English ora).

Dictionary of American Family Names, Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508137-4
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Distribution of noah Families in the US in 1920
Number of noah families
 25-47
 9-24
 1-8
 0
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