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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
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Compiled by Ancestry.com from the 1920 US Federal Census records

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Threads: 146 - Messages: 319
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Looking for Johan M. Noah MitzieRogers 2
William Edward Noah Siblings Wiliam Edward Noah 14
SAMUEL GRAND NOAH and TREASIE ROWLAND seasea42 0
Charles and Ann Noah rebeccamayhall 0
Lucien B Noah richardnoah117 2
James McCarrel Noah b. 1868 DiRoots 2
Death of Miss Sarah Noah, Wapanucka, Johnston County, Oklahoma maryachtrh 1
Bogartus name BobJohns44 0
Joyce C. Noah jwelsch 0
Florence Noah--Murdered by husband 6 Dec 1912 SuzieNash34 0
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