Nóbrega Surname

94,098th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 5,064 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Angola
Highest density in:
Portugal

Nóbrega Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Nóbrega Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Angola2,5631:10,5301,295
Portugal1,6421:6,345615
Brazil8201:261,06610,037
Spain111:4,250,18575,241
Venezuela61:5,034,01343,431
Argentina51:8,548,683204,003
England31:18,572,686338,250
Germany21:40,252,730481,636
Luxembourg21:290,2718,611
United States21:181,229,4661,556,795
Canada11:36,845,591464,108
Cuba11:11,522,71617,380
France11:66,422,722504,397
Hungary11:9,816,27773,288
Mozambique11:27,261,5697,432
Netherlands11:16,887,176156,465
Australia11:26,995,701270,794
Ireland11:4,708,93929,543

The alternate forms: Nobrega (32,907), Nòbrega (4), Nõbrega (1) & Nobréga (1) are calculated separately.

Nóbrega Last Name Facts

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

The last name Nóbrega is more commonly found in Angola than any other country/territory. It can occur as: Nobrega, Nòbrega, Nõbrega or Nobréga. Click here to see other potential spellings of this name.

How Common Is The Last Name Nóbrega? popularity and diffusion

This surname is the 94,098th most commonly occurring last name internationally, borne by around 1 in 1,439,089 people. Nóbrega is mostly found in Africa, where 51 percent of Nóbrega reside; 51 percent reside in Southern Africa and 51 percent reside in Luso-Southern Africa.

The last name is most commonly occurring in Angola, where it is borne by 2,563 people, or 1 in 10,530. Aside from Angola this last name exists in 17 countries. It also occurs in Portugal, where 32 percent live and Brazil, where 16 percent live.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Nobrega9532,907/
Nòbrega954/
Nõbrega951/
Nóbregas933/
Nobréga901/
Nabrega862/
Nãbrega862/
Nóbriga861/
Nobregas80140/
Nobriega808/
No'brega802/
Nobrrega801/
Nobreega801/
Nobregaa801/
D'nobrega751/
Nobriga711,430/
Nubriga711/
Nobrego711/
Nobregi711/
Nobrege711/
Gnabriga671/
Nobreger671/
Nobregues631/
Nobrigo571/
Novriga571/
Neubrigge500/

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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
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Nóbrega
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