Nobre Surname

5,909th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 95,472 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Brazil
Highest density in:
Portugal

Nobre Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nobre Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Brazil52,9431:4,043331
Mozambique23,4831:1,161282
Portugal10,5771:985168
Angola6,1131:4,415642
France8761:75,82510,645
United States3181:1,139,80881,930
Cape Verde1761:3,009139
Uruguay1211:28,3623,265
Canada1101:334,96030,494
Argentina1091:392,14130,168
Benin871:118,80013,087
England811:687,87739,238
Spain771:607,16928,212
South Africa521:1,041,87963,251
São Tomé and Príncipe481:3,696334
Switzerland351:234,65519,741
Netherlands301:562,90650,501
Germany251:3,220,218147,383
Australia191:1,420,82673,129
Suriname191:29,0855,642
Ireland141:336,35312,021
Thailand131:5,433,719375,884
Qatar121:196,50026,891
Nigeria111:16,103,887259,204
Italy101:6,115,669111,715
Philippines101:10,123,822213,993
India71:109,580,769786,157
Scotland61:892,30328,047
Turkey51:15,564,284149,633
Belgium51:2,299,329106,824
Japan41:31,961,07353,820
Namibia41:602,35012,421
Singapore41:1,376,92628,409
China41:341,830,39216,990
Papua New Guinea41:2,038,429140,827
Guinea-Bissau41:432,005185
Finland41:1,374,17650,379
Russia31:48,041,019639,186
Norway31:1,714,09579,528
Colombia31:15,924,69128,711
Ecuador21:7,952,92334,269
United Arab Emirates21:4,581,13693,443
Peru21:15,892,06251,966
Burkina Faso21:9,176,05023,741
Chile21:8,808,23765,417
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Ivory Coast21:11,535,61661,806
Czechia21:5,316,734169,646
Sweden21:4,923,378241,212
Venezuela11:30,204,07785,459
South Korea11:51,240,2568,015
Zimbabwe11:15,438,240133,260
Macau11:601,6301,582
Iceland11:380,09011,096
Albania11:2,914,05529,474
Andorra11:83,8382,381
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Bangladesh11:159,356,77326,077
Bolivia11:10,616,43417,077
Bulgaria11:6,978,90586,260
Denmark11:5,644,71593,155
DR Congo11:73,879,570260,543
East Timor11:1,215,928507
Greece11:11,079,790145,225
Poland11:38,008,749231,653
Indonesia11:132,249,194811,426
Mali11:16,969,0354,067
Mexico11:124,126,205103,776
Morocco11:34,476,099111,471
Nepal11:28,480,95622,413
New Zealand11:4,528,32355,372
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220
Palau11:21,643223
Paraguay11:7,236,74616,511
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
United States81:6,277,336262,771

The alternate forms: Nóbre (1) are calculated separately.

Nobre (214) may also be a first name.

Nobre Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Nobre Come From? nationality or country of origin

Nobre (Hindi: नोबरे) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It can also be found as a variant: Nóbre. Click here for other possible spellings of this last name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nobre? popularity and diffusion

Nobre is the 5,909th most widely held family name on a global scale, held by approximately 1 in 76,332 people. The surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 56 percent of Nobre reside; 56 percent reside in South America and 55 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 617,781st most frequently occurring first name worldwide, held by 214 people.

The surname Nobre is most widely held in Brazil, where it is borne by 52,943 people, or 1 in 4,043. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Ceará, where 21 percent reside, São Paulo, where 16 percent reside and Minas Gerais, where 7 percent reside. Apart from Brazil Nobre exists in 73 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 25 percent reside and Portugal, where 11 percent reside.

Nobre Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Nobre has changed over time. In The United States the number of people carrying the Nobre last name expanded 3,975 percent between 1880 and 2014.

Nobre Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Nobre last name are 38.61% more likely to be registered Democrats than The US average, with 91.84% being registered to vote for the party.

The amount Nobre earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 79.88% more than the national average, earning R 427,464 per year; in United States they earn 0.06% less than the national average, earning $43,121 USD per year and in Canada they earn 7.2% more than the national average, earning $53,260 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nóbre931/
Nobres91756/
Gnobre917/
Nobrea915/
Nobrez912/
Nobrer911/
Nobrei911/
Nobret911/
Nobrey910/
Nobr899/
Nobreit8315/
Nobrett831/
Nobreha831/
Nebre801,549/
Nabre80361/
Nobri80114/
Nobra8041/
Nubre803/
Nowre802/
Nobry801/
Novre801/
Nubret73153/
Gnabre73123/
Nebrea73122/
Nowrey7352/
Nowrie7328/
Nubres7325/
Nabrey735/
Nobris735/
Nabres734/
Nubred734/
Nabrej734/
Neebre732/
Nabrea732/
Nebrei732/
Nabhre732/
Nohbri731/
Noubri731/
Nobhri731/
Ngabre731/
Nouvre731/
Hnebre731/
Novres731/
Nabrez731/
Nabreu731/
Nabr671,381/
Nabrees6719/
Nasbrey673/
Gnabrea671/
Ngoubri671/
Nobréga671/
Neubret671/
Neubrer671/
Naubrey670/
Nubreit670/

Nobre Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Nobre in the Hindi language
नोबरेnobare-

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Footnotes

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