Noguera Surname

5,353rd
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 105,870 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Venezuela
Highest density in:
Paraguay

Noguera Surname User-submission:

The Noguera surname means 'no war' or 'peace'. From the Spanish word guera, which means 'war', therefore noguera means 'no war'.

Noguera Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Venezuela30,6321:986185
Paraguay16,7131:433115
Colombia15,5791:3,067536
Spain11,7101:3,992493
Argentina11,1941:3,818458
Nicaragua3,4661:1,737306
Mexico2,6791:46,3332,490
United States2,2141:163,71216,645
Ecuador2,0801:7,6471,247
Costa Rica1,9021:2,513306
Philippines1,3921:72,72912,529
Bolivia1,0161:10,4491,126
France1,0041:66,1589,126
Guatemala7651:21,0231,610
Chile7361:23,9351,435
Uruguay6751:5,084580
Brazil3791:564,84021,113
Cuba3551:32,4581,617
Peru2591:122,7197,156
Dominican Republic2161:48,3012,508
Honduras1411:62,5281,376
Canada1191:309,62728,530
England1051:530,64833,151
El Salvador1021:62,1951,376
Panama841:46,5742,313
Aruba831:1,247170
Portugal381:274,16410,086
Singapore341:161,9916,884
Gibraltar291:1,171268
Netherlands211:804,15159,518
Belgium191:605,08754,956
Australia151:1,799,71385,184
Germany141:5,750,390205,224
Thailand111:6,421,668407,040
Italy81:7,644,586115,463
Belize81:44,4342,498
Puerto Rico71:507,1633,435
Qatar61:393,00055,922
Switzerland61:1,368,81977,571
Monaco51:7,4131,114
Trinidad and Tobago41:340,99412,383
Morocco41:8,619,02573,251
China41:341,830,39216,990
Andorra31:27,9461,499
Finland31:1,832,23457,803
Norway21:2,571,14395,402
Denmark21:2,822,35876,882
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
Russia21:72,061,528727,117
Scotland21:2,676,90851,579
Sweden11:9,846,757347,448
Vietnam11:92,646,0548,382
Ukraine11:45,522,696503,646
Wales11:3,094,53244,023
Sudan11:37,510,19514,259
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543
Tanzania11:52,941,613123,716
Saudi Arabia11:30,855,81763,028
Saint Pierre and Miquelon11:6,399357
Nigeria11:177,142,758748,972
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Kuwait11:3,800,69427,187
Israel11:8,557,634182,558
Hong Kong11:7,335,48316,643
French Polynesia11:280,8057,211
Czechia11:10,633,469206,023
Curaçao11:157,2471,313
Comoros11:749,524685
Cape Verde11:529,6426,792
Austria11:8,515,435118,036
Angola11:26,989,21411,853
PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
England11:24,375,369195,128

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

Noguera (49) may also be a first name.

Noguera Surname Meaning

User-submitted Reference

The Noguera surname means 'no war' or 'peace'. From the Spanish word guera, which means 'war', therefore noguera means 'no war'.

- nilz23

Noguera Last Name Facts

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

The surname Noguera (Arabic: نوغيرا, Russian: Ногуэра) is more commonly found in Venezuela than any other country or territory. It may also occur as: Noguerá. Click here to see other potential spellings of Noguera.

How Common Is The Last Name Noguera? popularity and diffusion

Noguera is the 5,353rd most frequent surname internationally It is held by approximately 1 in 68,835 people. The last name Noguera is mostly found in The Americas, where 86 percent of Noguera are found; 75 percent are found in South America and 44 percent are found in Caribbean South America. Noguera is also the 1,430,306th most frequently occurring first name internationally It is held by 49 people.

Noguera is most commonly held in Venezuela, where it is held by 30,632 people, or 1 in 986. In Venezuela Noguera is mostly found in: Carabobo, where 16 percent reside, Falcón, where 9 percent reside and Lara, where 8 percent reside. Aside from Venezuela this surname is found in 70 countries. It also occurs in Paraguay, where 16 percent reside and Colombia, where 15 percent reside.

Noguera Family Population Trend historical fluctuation

The incidence of Noguera has changed over time. In England the number of people bearing the Noguera last name increased 10,500 percent between 1881 and 2014.

Noguera Last Name Statistics demography

In The United States those holding the Noguera surname are 9.3% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 62.53% being registered to vote for the political party.

The amount Noguera earn in different countries varies greatly. In Peru they earn 52.1% more than the national average, earning S/. 29,484 per year; in Colombia they earn 16.96% less than the national average, earning $18,852,700 COP per year; in United States they earn 4.91% less than the national average, earning $41,031 USD per year and in Canada they earn 4.93% more than the national average, earning $52,132 CAD per year.

Phonetically Similar Names

Noguera Name Transliterations

TransliterationICU LatinPercentage of Incidence
Noguera in the Russian language
Ногуэраnoguera-
Noguera in the Arabic language
نوغيراnwghyra-

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