Nona Surname
Approximately 41,598 people bear this surname
Nona Surname User-submission:
Nona (Syriac: ܢܥܢܐ) is an Assyrian surname meaning 'dove'. The name derives from the Hebrew and Aramaic word yona, also meaning 'dove'.
Nona Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | 29,897 | 1:3,075 | 428 |
| Indonesia | 6,584 | 1:20,086 | 2,439 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1,272 | 1:24,258 | 3,358 |
| Morocco | 886 | 1:38,912 | 6,295 |
| DR Congo | 869 | 1:85,017 | 9,735 |
| United States | 369 | 1:982,274 | 72,839 |
| Australia | 256 | 1:105,452 | 11,841 |
| Philippines | 127 | 1:797,151 | 76,551 |
| Japan | 127 | 1:1,006,648 | 20,129 |
| India | 114 | 1:6,728,644 | 151,199 |
| Lesotho | 87 | 1:23,363 | 4,738 |
| Papua New Guinea | 82 | 1:99,436 | 13,359 |
| Greece | 81 | 1:136,788 | 22,735 |
| Kenya | 69 | 1:669,274 | 29,584 |
| Pakistan | 59 | 1:3,027,862 | 24,468 |
| Kuwait | 58 | 1:65,529 | 7,566 |
| Belgium | 55 | 1:209,030 | 27,072 |
| Cameroon | 53 | 1:391,869 | 33,952 |
| Canada | 53 | 1:695,200 | 56,020 |
| Albania | 47 | 1:62,001 | 7,464 |
| Solomon Islands | 39 | 1:14,873 | 2,820 |
| Portugal | 38 | 1:274,164 | 10,086 |
| Malaysia | 34 | 1:867,477 | 39,690 |
| Italy | 32 | 1:1,911,146 | 87,725 |
| Zimbabwe | 29 | 1:532,353 | 42,865 |
| Israel | 24 | 1:356,568 | 29,419 |
| Botswana | 22 | 1:99,406 | 15,343 |
| Thailand | 18 | 1:3,924,352 | 328,346 |
| New Zealand | 16 | 1:283,020 | 24,643 |
| France | 15 | 1:4,428,181 | 244,602 |
| Nigeria | 15 | 1:11,809,517 | 219,567 |
| Poland | 13 | 1:2,923,750 | 116,258 |
| Brazil | 11 | 1:19,461,303 | 329,560 |
| Congo | 11 | 1:453,554 | 10,703 |
| Benin | 9 | 1:1,148,400 | 50,768 |
| Niger | 9 | 1:2,132,446 | 40,124 |
| Cambodia | 8 | 1:1,935,893 | 7,100 |
| Tanzania | 7 | 1:7,563,088 | 70,659 |
| Qatar | 6 | 1:393,000 | 55,922 |
| Georgia | 6 | 1:624,258 | 19,750 |
| Sweden | 6 | 1:1,641,126 | 116,183 |
| Ivory Coast | 4 | 1:5,767,808 | 55,416 |
| South Africa | 4 | 1:13,544,426 | 222,367 |
| Chile | 4 | 1:4,404,118 | 44,633 |
| Sudan | 4 | 1:9,377,549 | 8,207 |
| England | 4 | 1:13,929,515 | 290,718 |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 1:2,608,233 | 20,941 |
| Libya | 4 | 1:1,560,994 | 3,087 |
| Czechia | 3 | 1:3,544,490 | 144,714 |
| United Arab Emirates | 3 | 1:3,054,091 | 90,853 |
| Jordan | 3 | 1:2,947,479 | 21,051 |
| Colombia | 3 | 1:15,924,691 | 28,711 |
| Romania | 2 | 1:10,038,935 | 80,612 |
| Uganda | 2 | 1:19,519,640 | 189,114 |
| Spain | 2 | 1:23,376,018 | 128,922 |
| Syria | 2 | 1:9,650,511 | 17,817 |
| Taiwan | 2 | 1:11,722,373 | 63,559 |
| Algeria | 2 | 1:19,315,776 | 97,017 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Denmark | 2 | 1:2,822,358 | 76,882 |
| Argentina | 2 | 1:21,371,707 | 253,176 |
| Lebanon | 2 | 1:2,818,542 | 25,087 |
| Germany | 2 | 1:40,252,730 | 481,636 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1:159,356,773 | 26,077 |
| Togo | 1 | 1:7,247,768 | 12,049 |
| Bahrain | 1 | 1:1,348,608 | 10,432 |
| Azerbaijan | 1 | 1:9,649,122 | 47,873 |
| Austria | 1 | 1:8,515,435 | 118,036 |
| Venezuela | 1 | 1:30,204,077 | 85,459 |
| Djibouti | 1 | 1:914,932 | 1,612 |
| Yemen | 1 | 1:26,425,294 | 55,147 |
| Armenia | 1 | 1:2,930,180 | 22,770 |
| Angola | 1 | 1:26,989,214 | 11,853 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| Switzerland | 1 | 1:8,212,915 | 156,297 |
| Ecuador | 1 | 1:15,905,846 | 50,210 |
| Iran | 1 | 1:76,782,524 | 277,718 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
| Kosovo | 1 | 1:1,861,869 | 14,990 |
| Latvia | 1 | 1:2,050,046 | 60,295 |
| Malawi | 1 | 1:17,119,109 | 34,144 |
| Mexico | 1 | 1:124,126,205 | 103,776 |
| Mozambique | 1 | 1:27,261,569 | 7,432 |
| Netherlands | 1 | 1:16,887,176 | 156,465 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ireland | 2 | 1:2,214,933 | 33,683 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| England | 3 | 1:8,125,123 | 158,686 |
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1 | 1:50,218,684 | 817,899 |
The alternate forms: Ñoña (3) are calculated separately.
Nona (179,150) may also be a first name.
Nona Surname Meaning
User-submitted Reference
Nona (Syriac: ܢܥܢܐ) is an Assyrian surname meaning 'dove'. The name derives from the Hebrew and Aramaic word yona, also meaning 'dove'.
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Nona Religious Adherence
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Nona Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Nona Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Nona (Arabic: نوني, Georgian: ნონა, Hassaniya-Arabic: ﻧﻮﻧﻪ, Hindi: नोना, Marathi: नोना, Oriya: ନନ) is held by more people in Egypt than any other country or territory. It may also be rendered as: Ñoña. For other possible spellings of Nona click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Nona? popularity and diffusion
This last name is the 13,434th most common surname worldwide It is held by approximately 1 in 175,190 people. The last name Nona occurs mostly in Africa, where 77 percent of Nona reside; 74 percent reside in North Africa and 72 percent reside in Arabic North Africa. Nona is also the 5,866th most commonly held first name internationally It is held by 179,150 people.
This last name is most prevalent in Egypt, where it is held by 29,897 people, or 1 in 3,075. Barring Egypt this last name is found in 85 countries. It is also found in Indonesia, where 16 percent live and Saudi Arabia, where 3 percent live.
Nona Family Population Trend historical fluctuation
The incidence of Nona has changed over time. In The United States the number of people who held the Nona surname grew 36,900 percent between 1880 and 2014 and in England it grew 133 percent between 1881 and 2014.
Nona Last Name Statistics demography
The religious devotion of those holding the last name is principally Catholic (100%) in Ireland.
In The United States those holding the Nona last name are 14.19% more likely to be registered Democrats than the national average, with 67.42% being registered to vote for the party.
The amount Nona earn in different countries varies markedly. In Colombia they earn 9.43% less than the national average, earning $20,562,200 COP per year; in United States they earn 24.46% more than the national average, earning $53,705 USD per year and in Canada they earn 12.86% less than the national average, earning $43,292 CAD per year.
Phonetically Similar Names
Nona Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Nona in the Georgian language | ||
| ნონა | nona | - |
| Nona in the Hassaniya-Arabic language | ||
| ﻧﻮﻧﻪ | nwnh | - |
| Nona in the Oriya language | ||
| ନନ | nana | - |
| Nona in the Hindi language | ||
| नोना | nona | 94.81 |
| नोणा | nona | 4.44 |
| ङोङा | nona | 0.37 |
| नाेना | naena | 0.37 |
| Nona in the Marathi language | ||
| नोना | nona | 93.75 |
| नॉना | nona | 6.25 |
| Nona in the Arabic language | ||
| نوني | nwny | - |
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