Novais Surname
Approximately 75,463 people bear this surname
Novais Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 49,420 | 1:4,332 | 340 |
| Mozambique | 10,506 | 1:2,595 | 637 |
| Portugal | 7,001 | 1:1,488 | 225 |
| Angola | 6,902 | 1:3,910 | 570 |
| France | 747 | 1:88,919 | 12,746 |
| Argentina | 173 | 1:247,072 | 20,033 |
| Spain | 165 | 1:283,346 | 17,390 |
| United States | 127 | 1:2,854,007 | 168,820 |
| Switzerland | 84 | 1:97,773 | 10,519 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 71 | 1:2,499 | 276 |
| England | 50 | 1:1,114,361 | 53,243 |
| India | 33 | 1:23,244,406 | 321,547 |
| South Africa | 32 | 1:1,693,053 | 82,821 |
| Thailand | 31 | 1:2,278,656 | 255,572 |
| Canada | 30 | 1:1,228,186 | 88,140 |
| Venezuela | 24 | 1:1,258,503 | 17,711 |
| Paraguay | 9 | 1:804,083 | 8,568 |
| Germany | 9 | 1:8,945,051 | 266,530 |
| Australia | 7 | 1:3,856,529 | 135,538 |
| Indonesia | 4 | 1:33,062,298 | 643,618 |
| Guyana | 3 | 1:254,074 | 11,262 |
| Cape Verde | 3 | 1:176,547 | 4,737 |
| Sweden | 2 | 1:4,923,378 | 241,212 |
| Chile | 2 | 1:8,808,237 | 65,417 |
| Namibia | 2 | 1:1,204,700 | 16,113 |
| Netherlands | 2 | 1:8,443,588 | 136,641 |
| Belgium | 2 | 1:5,748,322 | 130,559 |
| Russia | 2 | 1:72,061,528 | 727,117 |
| Wales | 1 | 1:3,094,532 | 44,023 |
| Suriname | 1 | 1:552,616 | 9,664 |
| United Arab Emirates | 1 | 1:9,162,273 | 135,437 |
| Senegal | 1 | 1:14,579,342 | 11,705 |
| Scotland | 1 | 1:5,353,817 | 63,002 |
| Ireland | 1 | 1:4,708,939 | 29,543 |
| Poland | 1 | 1:38,008,749 | 231,653 |
| Peru | 1 | 1:31,784,123 | 64,452 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1:178,643,885 | 213,220 |
| Oman | 1 | 1:3,687,971 | 14,390 |
| New Zealand | 1 | 1:4,528,323 | 55,372 |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 1:580,542 | 15,155 |
| Italy | 1 | 1:61,156,688 | 199,583 |
| Hungary | 1 | 1:9,816,277 | 73,288 |
| Denmark | 1 | 1:5,644,715 | 93,155 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1:11,522,716 | 17,380 |
| China | 1 | 1:1,367,321,566 | 51,149 |
| Bulgaria | 1 | 1:6,978,905 | 86,260 |
| Bolivia | 1 | 1:10,616,434 | 17,077 |
| Andorra | 1 | 1:83,838 | 2,381 |
The alternate forms: Novaïs (2) & Novaís (1) are calculated separately.
Novais (188) may also be a first name.
Novais Demographics
Average Novais Salary in
United States
$50,089 USD
Per year
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
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Novais Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Novais Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Novais has its highest incidence in Brazil. It may appear as: Novaïs or Novaís. For other potential spellings of this last name click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Novais? popularity and diffusion
The last name Novais is the 7,525th most frequently used family name on earth, held by approximately 1 in 96,571 people. This surname occurs mostly in The Americas, where 66 percent of Novais reside; 66 percent reside in South America and 65 percent reside in Luso-South America. It is also the 663,277th most numerous first name on earth, held by 188 people.
The surname Novais is most commonly held in Brazil, where it is carried by 49,420 people, or 1 in 4,332. In Brazil it is mostly found in: Bahia, where 33 percent live, São Paulo, where 31 percent live and Minas Gerais, where 9 percent live. Apart from Brazil this last name occurs in 47 countries. It is also found in Mozambique, where 14 percent live and Portugal, where 9 percent live.
Novais Last Name Statistics demography
In The United States those bearing the Novais surname are 46.77% more likely to be registered with the Democratic Party than the national average, with 100% registered with the party.
The amount Novais earn in different countries varies greatly. In South Africa they earn 135.72% more than the national average, earning R 560,172 per year; in United States they earn 16.08% more than the national average, earning $50,089 USD per year and in Canada they earn 1.84% more than the national average, earning $50,597 CAD per year.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
- Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
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