Nogueira Surname
Approximately 512,009 people bear this surname
Nogueira Surname Definition:
Found in Galicia, Orense, and Álava. Name of villages near Lugo, Orense, Tuy, and Compostela. Probably variant of Nogales, from latin word "nucalis" - walnut tree.
This is a dialectical variation of a Mozarabe word which means a place of the walnut trees.
Read More About This SurnameNogueira Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 428,781 | 1:499 | 62 |
| Portugal | 27,401 | 1:380 | 65 |
| Angola | 24,649 | 1:1,095 | 193 |
| Mozambique | 10,506 | 1:2,595 | 637 |
| Spain | 5,514 | 1:8,479 | 1,004 |
| Argentina | 3,361 | 1:12,717 | 1,155 |
| France | 3,134 | 1:21,194 | 2,464 |
| United States | 2,186 | 1:165,809 | 16,825 |
| Uruguay | 1,637 | 1:2,096 | 252 |
| Mexico | 821 | 1:151,189 | 4,657 |
| Cuba | 603 | 1:19,109 | 1,229 |
| Canada | 510 | 1:72,246 | 8,213 |
| Peru | 446 | 1:71,265 | 5,250 |
| Venezuela | 283 | 1:106,728 | 3,809 |
| England | 228 | 1:244,377 | 19,942 |
| Belgium | 190 | 1:60,509 | 9,746 |
| Switzerland | 171 | 1:48,029 | 6,455 |
| South Africa | 170 | 1:318,692 | 30,132 |
| Germany | 156 | 1:516,061 | 43,667 |
| Thailand | 142 | 1:497,453 | 86,793 |
| Chile | 142 | 1:124,060 | 4,455 |
| Dominican Republic | 116 | 1:89,939 | 4,002 |
| Paraguay | 94 | 1:76,987 | 1,954 |
| Australia | 85 | 1:317,596 | 27,389 |
| India | 81 | 1:9,469,943 | 186,993 |
| Netherlands | 64 | 1:263,862 | 33,208 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 64 | 1:2,772 | 292 |
| Italy | 51 | 1:1,199,151 | 74,752 |
| Colombia | 33 | 1:1,447,699 | 10,684 |
| Cape Verde | 32 | 1:16,551 | 610 |
| Ecuador | 30 | 1:530,195 | 11,121 |
| Andorra | 29 | 1:2,891 | 539 |
| Luxembourg | 26 | 1:22,329 | 4,651 |
| Namibia | 25 | 1:96,376 | 8,697 |
| Panama | 21 | 1:186,298 | 5,509 |
| Ireland | 17 | 1:276,996 | 9,887 |
| Zimbabwe | 14 | 1:1,102,731 | 66,551 |
| Iceland | 14 | 1:27,149 | 2,069 |
| Sweden | 14 | 1:703,340 | 52,204 |
| Austria | 13 | 1:655,033 | 58,041 |
| Singapore | 13 | 1:423,669 | 18,211 |
| United Arab Emirates | 11 | 1:832,934 | 27,512 |
| New Zealand | 9 | 1:503,147 | 33,029 |
| Scotland | 8 | 1:669,227 | 23,443 |
| Japan | 6 | 1:21,307,382 | 48,838 |
| China | 6 | 1:227,886,928 | 11,701 |
| Nicaragua | 6 | 1:1,003,515 | 4,885 |
| Macau | 6 | 1:100,272 | 488 |
| United States Virgin Islands | 5 | 1:22,075 | 2,767 |
| Norway | 5 | 1:1,028,457 | 61,363 |
| Wales | 5 | 1:618,906 | 25,852 |
| Russia | 5 | 1:28,824,611 | 530,332 |
| Denmark | 4 | 1:1,411,179 | 60,800 |
| Saudi Arabia | 4 | 1:7,713,954 | 37,548 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 4 | 1:432,005 | 185 |
| Suriname | 4 | 1:138,154 | 7,029 |
| Bolivia | 3 | 1:3,538,811 | 11,393 |
| Hong Kong | 3 | 1:2,445,161 | 9,595 |
| Finland | 3 | 1:1,832,234 | 57,803 |
| Greece | 3 | 1:3,693,263 | 126,191 |
| Indonesia | 2 | 1:66,124,597 | 756,638 |
| Senegal | 2 | 1:7,289,671 | 8,117 |
| Czechia | 2 | 1:5,316,734 | 169,646 |
| Bahamas | 2 | 1:195,876 | 1,708 |
| Hungary | 2 | 1:4,908,138 | 64,617 |
| Guyana | 2 | 1:381,110 | 13,532 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 1:45,522,696 | 503,646 |
| Costa Rica | 1 | 1:4,780,069 | 13,345 |
| Cameroon | 1 | 1:20,769,068 | 227,406 |
| Cambodia | 1 | 1:15,487,146 | 14,824 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Botswana | 1 | 1:2,186,929 | 30,250 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 1:3,536,402 | 19,532 |
| Benin | 1 | 1:10,335,602 | 103,742 |
| Northern Ireland | 1 | 1:1,845,036 | 20,648 |
| Belarus | 1 | 1:9,501,059 | 159,228 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Aruba | 1 | 1:103,477 | 2,586 |
| Albania | 1 | 1:2,914,055 | 29,474 |
| Afghanistan | 1 | 1:32,153,183 | 60,828 |
| Morocco | 1 | 1:34,476,099 | 111,471 |
| Seychelles | 1 | 1:92,393 | 1,532 |
| East Timor | 1 | 1:1,215,928 | 507 |
| Egypt | 1 | 1:91,935,754 | 132,737 |
| French Polynesia | 1 | 1:280,805 | 7,211 |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 1:33,954 | 1,660 |
| Qatar | 1 | 1:2,357,999 | 76,403 |
| Puerto Rico | 1 | 1:3,550,139 | 9,109 |
| Philippines | 1 | 1:101,238,223 | 404,861 |
| Kazakhstan | 1 | 1:17,682,496 | 204,010 |
| Kenya | 1 | 1:46,179,900 | 103,372 |
| Liechtenstein | 1 | 1:38,378 | 1,726 |
| Malaysia | 1 | 1:29,494,225 | 409,885 |
| Malta | 1 | 1:430,272 | 3,380 |
| Moldova | 1 | 1:3,561,368 | 78,271 |
| Montenegro | 1 | 1:639,565 | 9,092 |
Nogueira (403) may also be a first name.
Nogueira Surname Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
Found in Galicia, Orense, and Álava. Name of villages near Lugo, Orense, Tuy, and Compostela. Probably variant of Nogales, from latin word "nucalis" - walnut tree.
This is a dialectical variation of a Mozarabe word which means a place of the walnut trees.
Galician name, descending from don Mendo Paes Nogueira.
See Norguera.
User-submitted Reference
Nogueira is a Portuguese surname given to new Christians, who served in the struggles against the infidels as Templars. It relates to the tree, that gives the walnut, referring to manhood and strong physique as the walnut tree of those, who came to use this nickname, forming a Templar Order in the Fight of Christ.
- hugocpmNogueira is the Portuguese name for the walnut tree. It is thought to be a toponymic surname, from the old town of São João de Nogueira, in Northern Portugal.
- mfariacastroNogueira is a portuguese name for the walnut tree.
- wnrodrigNogueira Demographics
Average Male Nogueira Height
172.82 cm
Average Female Nogueira Height
161.84 cm
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
Nogueira Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nogueira Come From? nationality or country of origin
Nogueira (Marathi: नोगीरो) has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may be rendered as a variant:. Click here to see other potential spellings of this surname.
How Common Is The Last Name Nogueira? popularity and diffusion
Nogueira is the 1,050th most common family name globally It is held by approximately 1 in 14,233 people. The last name Nogueira occurs mostly in The Americas, where 86 percent of Nogueira live; 85 percent live in South America and 84 percent live in Luso-South America. Nogueira is also the 429,755th most frequent first name in the world It is held by 403 people.
This last name is most commonly used in Brazil, where it is borne by 428,781 people, or 1 in 499. In Brazil Nogueira is most frequent in: São Paulo, where 23 percent live, Minas Gerais, where 12 percent live and Rio de Janeiro, where 10 percent live. Not including Brazil it occurs in 95 countries. It is also found in Portugal, where 5 percent live and Angola, where 5 percent live.
Nogueira Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Nogueira last name are 42.71% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 95.94% registered to vote for the political party.
The amount Nogueira earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 62.4% more than the national average, earning S/. 31,482 per year; in South Africa they earn 24.7% more than the national average, earning R 296,340 per year; in Colombia they earn 0.2% less than the national average, earning $22,656,800 COP per year; in United States they earn 10.37% more than the national average, earning $47,623 USD per year and in Canada they earn 5.94% more than the national average, earning $52,634 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nogueira Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nogueira in the Marathi language | ||
| नोगीरो | nogiro | 22.22 |
| नोगीरा | nogira | 22.22 |
| नोगेरा | nogera | 22.22 |
| नोगुएइर | nogu'e'ira | 22.22 |
| नोगुईरा | nogu'ira | 11.11 |
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