This is a list of surnames in which the categories include noise.
BarrettEnglish Probably derived from the Middle English word barat meaning "trouble, deception", originally given to a quarrelsome person.
CornettEnglish Derived from Old French cornet meaning "horn", referring to one who worked as a horn blower.
CoyEnglish Means "quiet, shy, coy" from Middle English coi.
KeenEnglish From Old English cene meaning "bold, brave".
KnellerGerman Originally a nickname for a noisy or disruptive person, derived from Old German knellen"to make noise, to cause a disturbance".
KorhonenFinnish Possibly from archaic Finnish korho meaning "deaf, hard of hearing". This is the most common surname in Finland.
LedfordEnglish From the name of English places called Lydford, derived from hlud meaning "loud, noisy" and ford meaning "ford, river crossing".
PfeifferGerman Occupational name meaning "pipe player" in German, from Middle High German pfifen "to whistle".
PicassoItalian From Italian pica meaning "magpie". This probably denoted someone who was talkative or prone to stealing, although it may have described someone's unusual colouring. The Spanish painter and sculptor Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) was a famous bearer of this name.
PiperEnglish Originally given to a person who played on a pipe (a flute).
SangsterEnglish, Scottish Occupational name or nickname for a singer, from Old English singan "to sing, to chant".
SchreierGerman, Jewish Occupational name for a town crier, from Old High German scrian meaning "to shout, to yell".
SciarraItalian From Sicilian sciarra meaning "quarrel, dispute", originally a nickname for a quarrelsome person.
SiposHungarian Occupational name for a fife player or piper, from Hungarian síp "whistle, pipe".
SordiItalian From Italian sordo meaning "deaf", from Latin surdus.
TamboiaItalian Possibly means "drummer", from Italian tamburo meaning "drum".
TinkerEnglish Occupational name for a mender of kettles, pots and pans. The name could derive from the tinking sound made by light hammering on metal. It is possible that the word comes from the word tin, the material with which the tinker worked.
VogelGerman, Dutch From Old High German and Old Dutch fogal meaning "bird". It was originally an occupational name for a bird catcher, or a nickname for a person who liked to sing.
YapEnglish From a nickname for a clever or cunning person, from Middle English yap meaning "devious, deceitful, shrewd".